Gatsby ADQ
Gatsby ADQ
The American Constitution asserts the equality and freedom among all people. The shared dreams of millions as well as that of a nation were and are based off of this very document. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, “The Great Gatsby”, reveals the American Constitution, or rather the American Dream, for the myth that is has always been by exposing the present distinctions between social classes. The Great Gatsby offers the insignificant details senselessness of the rich, the excessiveness of their parties and the criminal activities in which many obtained their funds for such senseless behaviors. The American Dream is certainly a myth because, although some are successful, it is unattainable for the overwhelming majority of the aspiring lower class.
Myrtle’s effort to become a part of Tom’s elite group is destined to be unsuccessful, due to the fact that he is of a more sophisticated, wealthier class. She is simply a form of entertainment for Tom for he reached “such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterwards savours of anti-climax,” (Fitzgerald 6) and he needs something to amuse himself with. Myrtle takes advantage of her liveliness and energy in an attempt to get away from the rest of her class. As she gets involved with Tom she begins to take on his values and way of living. However, it is known that the chance of breaking out of an economic class diminishes as inequality increases. Based off of this, it will prove troubling for Myrtle because, in this she merely manages to demoralize herself as she becomes corrupt living up to the stereotype of the rich. Along the way she loses any sense of honor that she may have had at any point, as she belittles even those in her own class. Even with her immense desire to be a part of the highest social class, she never really finds a place in Tom’s elite world of the rich.
Myrtle’s situation is clearly portrayed by Fitzgerald as a slight mirroring of Gatsby’s more significant struggle.
The American Constitution asserts the equality and freedom among all people. The shared dreams of millions as well as that of a nation were and are based off of this very document. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, “The Great Gatsby”, reveals the American Constitution, or rather the American Dream, for the myth that is has always been by exposing the present distinctions between social classes. The Great Gatsby offers the insignificant details senselessness of the rich, the excessiveness of their parties and the criminal activities in which many obtained their funds for such senseless behaviors. The American Dream is certainly a myth because, although some are successful, it is unattainable for the overwhelming majority of the aspiring lower class.
Myrtle’s effort to become a part of Tom’s elite group is destined to be unsuccessful, due to the fact that he is of a more sophisticated, wealthier class. She is simply a form of entertainment for Tom for he reached “such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterwards savours of anti-climax,” (Fitzgerald 6) and he needs something to amuse himself with. Myrtle takes advantage of her liveliness and energy in an attempt to get away from the rest of her class. As she gets involved with Tom she begins to take on his values and way of living. However, it is known that the chance of breaking out of an economic class diminishes as inequality increases. Based off of this, it will prove troubling for Myrtle because, in this she merely manages to demoralize herself as she becomes corrupt living up to the stereotype of the rich. Along the way she loses any sense of honor that she may have had at any point, as she belittles even those in her own class. Even with her immense desire to be a part of the highest social class, she never really finds a place in Tom’s elite world of the rich.
Myrtle’s situation is clearly portrayed by Fitzgerald as a slight mirroring of Gatsby’s more significant struggle.