American Dream

F Scott Fitzgerald is known for his outstanding work in American Literature. With that comes horrible criticism but also great praise. Some believe that his works has shaped literature as it is today and others obviously think the complete opposite. His book, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has received both sides of the spectrum and will continue as long as it is recognized for American Literature. F Scott Fitzgerald has identified the American Dream with downfalls and misconceptions in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with many scholars and universities proving it as well. In the 1920s the true American Dream consisted of a working husband, stay at home wife who will eventually bear children and still stay home. The women’s roles increased by controlling finances but also wanting new appliances to keep up with the technological advances. Balancing kids, a whole household and finances made the so called “American Dream” change and vary throughout America as a whole. Family sizes decreases but wanting children and a family never truly changed. So having this idea of a perfect American family and its complete downfall is truly shown in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It turns out that Benjamin Button ages in reverse. He was born at 70 and gets younger while everyone else gets older. His parents are filled with shame at their abnormal child and force him to act like a baby, even though Benjamin has the body and mind of a much older man. This frightened the newly acclaimed parents because this did not happen at all. One does not simply give birth to what looks like a 70 year old man and this affects the Button’s dream of a perfect family and their family name with it. He ends up being great friends with his grandfather. Most people blame Benjamin for his peculiarity but he takes the whole thing in stride. There’s the charged place where Roger Button wishes that his horrible son should have been black, that might signal a minus to some