This paper examines the various similarities that exist between Jay Gatsby and Scott F. Fitzgerald, which are their enchantment
with the fantasy of the Jazz Age due to their similar childhoods, their drive for the love of a woman, Jay's Daisy and Scott's Zelda and their submission to the
illusion of their
dreams. Finally, the paper compares how both men have lavish and expensive lifestyles, in order to please their women and others around them, hence submitting to the illusion of their dreams.