Great Gatsby reenactment: Gatsby's first reencounter with Daisy

From the perspective of Jay Gatsby:

"I certainly am awfully glad to see you again," said Daisy. I was surprised by my reaction to this, which was not one of joy because she express to me how she missed me, but rather one of distress i her initiation of a conversation. A silenced endured as I leaned against a mantel piece which bore a clock. I feigned ease as I did so, my head touched the clock that lay upon the mantel piece. 

"We've met before," I muttered. I looked at Nick, and I was tempted to laugh a gilded laugh and feign humor, but I could not. I realized the situation I was in, talking to the girl I loved, and I forgot Nick was there. I caught the horrid clock as it almost fell to the ground, and I rested it back its place. I heard, but ignored, Nick's statement that it was an old clock; time still progress regardless of the age of it's instruments. "We haven't met in years," said Daisy. I responded almost automatically, saying "five years next November, and realizing the awkwardness of such an automatic response I quieted myself. I paid no regard to the cupcakes and tea brought into the room, and walked into a shadow as Nick and Daisy spoke. We looked about wearily, and soon Nick left the room. I was alarmed, and I followed him out of the room. I explained to him the disaster that this meeting had turned into, but he only said that it was because I was embarrassed, as was Daisy. I urged him to quiet down, but he told me that I was acting as though I were a little boy, and very rude, for leaving my guest in the room by herself. I did not even want to hear what he had to say, and I left the kitchen to go back to the room, where Daisy sat on the couch. I looked at Daisy. She was beautiful, and she reminded me of the extravagant man I was. I would not her go simply due to the awkwardness of the moment. 

Bond of the Republic-The American Dream.

The article that I read was entitled: The American Dream-Is it slipping away? by Gregory Rodriguez, writing for the Los Angeles Times on September 27th of 2010. It discusses the prevalence of the dream among Americans, and what exactly it means. The article defined the dream as the acquisition of prosperous fruits from intense labors. I indeed do have trouble connecting the article to the Great Gatsby; in the novel, the American dream seems to be fake and unwanted. With the exception of Jay Gatsby, the aristocrats are an annoying, silly people consumed in vice. The article, however, focusses on statistics regarding the dream; minorities believe in the dream more than whites, the educated more so than the non-educated, and so on. The Great Gatsby continues to denounce the behavior of the wealthy, which is very phony and barbaric. Nick constantly deals with rich people that hardly seem human, such as Myrtle. At least this my interpretation. The article does bear a similarity with the novel in that it has some sort of sympathy for the poor, recognizing that they do not believe much at all in the American Dream. As well, it points out the current decline in such a dream, which is similar to the novel's complete denunciation of it as unrealistic.