According to the dictionary, the definition of dissatisfaction is the quality or state of being unhappy or discontent. Dissatisfaction is a disease which, in theory, knows no prejudice, has no cure and almost everyone suffers from it. This is a global epidemic, which can destroy a man in the snap of a finger. Physically, most people will be fine, but discontent will rot you deep inside. Unfortunately, not being satisfied seems to be a very common part of society today and in the past. The theme of not letting life get enough is particularly visible in the famous novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. All the characters in this novel have seemingly achieved the American dream, but they are all unhappy and ultimately never get what they really want. Additionally, no character is happy with their marriage, love, and life in general. They are all unhappy with their lives and destroy other people's lives to satisfy themselves. The Great Gatsby teaches us that even when rich and powerful, people can still be dissatisfied and will do anything to be happy. Therefore, even though we believe we have everything, dissatisfaction continues to torment the human mind. Dissatisfaction with life is manifested in the opening pages of the novel, The Great Gatsby, through the narrator: Nick Carraway. This narrator, just as his last name Carraway indicates, has not a care in the world and essentially rids himself of all responsibility when he returns from the war and moves to New York. The author Fitzgerald deliberately named the narrator in order to give the reader a sense of the character before the audience even gets to know him. After World War I, many veterans returned wanting to do more. They didn't want... middle of paper ... having changed his clothes, his look, his accent and his mannerisms but that doesn't change his mind. In his heart, he is still that poor boy in love with the beautiful and pure southern belle, Daisy. When Gatz becomes Gatsby, it is the beginning of his American dream. Nick eloquently describes the beginning of Gatsby's American dream by saying: “James Gatz – that was really, or at least legally, his name. He had changed it at the age of seventeen and at the precise moment that saw the start of his career. » (Fitzgerald 98). James Gatz's dissatisfaction with his entire being leads him to strive for more and work hard and become Gatsby. He leaves his past behind when he takes this new name because he wasn't happy at that time. be happy like Gatsby. It turns out he's not after all..