The American Dream In The 1920's
Introduction:
The 1920s were an fascinating and exciting time in American history. Mainly referred to as “The Roaring Twenties”. From inflated economics to never done inventions. Most explosive decade in the century. “The Roaring Twenties” encloses a captivating story that begins with the return of young, somewhat handsome soldiers from the front of World War I.
Thesis statement: Fitzgerald accurately represents the ‘American Dream’ in the 1920s through The Great Gatsby by using the characters Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. They display the attainment of wealth.
“Did Fitzgerald accurately represent the ‘American Dream’ in the 1920s?”
Body Paragraphs:
What was the “American Dream” in the 1920s?
The ‘American Dream’ originated in earlier days
of the American settlement. Mostly poor people or immigrants had the ‘American Dream’ just so they could seek for opportunities. In The Great Gatsby the American Dream plays a huge role. Especially on Jay Gatsby. He grew up poor, but looked up to a millionaire man, who he considers to be as his role model. One can see how the American Dream happened during the 1920s. Values have totally changed. Instead of striving for equality, it was more trying to see who can be more wealthy and educated.
Summarize Fitzgerald’s take on the “American Dream” in The Great Gatsby.
F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the ‘American Dream’ in The Great Gatsby by claiming that it is illusory. Men do unethical and extraordinary events for their American Dream. Jay Gatsby, for example has enormous amounts of money. Wealth does not make everyone happy. This spontaneous man can have anything in the world, but Daisy Buchanan is all he wants. However, he can not have her. She his is American Dream. The green light that sits on her dock makes Gatsby wonder. No matter how much he stares at the greenlight, it seems like it is forever out of reach.
Compare the American dream of the 1920s and Fitzgerald’s representation from the previous Body Paragraphs. The comparison between the American dream of the 1920s and Fitzgerald’s representation is that people, especially men, will do nearly anything to achieve their dream or accomplishing it. 1920s was the downfall of the American Dream. The elements is what led to its demise. Fitzgerald made Gatsby throw wonderful and huge parties to use a naive attempt of winning Daisy.
The 1920s were an fascinating and exciting time in American history. Mainly referred to as “The Roaring Twenties”. From inflated economics to never done inventions. Most explosive decade in the century. “The Roaring Twenties” encloses a captivating story that begins with the return of young, somewhat handsome soldiers from the front of World War I.
Thesis statement: Fitzgerald accurately represents the ‘American Dream’ in the 1920s through The Great Gatsby by using the characters Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. They display the attainment of wealth.
“Did Fitzgerald accurately represent the ‘American Dream’ in the 1920s?”
Body Paragraphs:
What was the “American Dream” in the 1920s?
The ‘American Dream’ originated in earlier days
of the American settlement. Mostly poor people or immigrants had the ‘American Dream’ just so they could seek for opportunities. In The Great Gatsby the American Dream plays a huge role. Especially on Jay Gatsby. He grew up poor, but looked up to a millionaire man, who he considers to be as his role model. One can see how the American Dream happened during the 1920s. Values have totally changed. Instead of striving for equality, it was more trying to see who can be more wealthy and educated.
Summarize Fitzgerald’s take on the “American Dream” in The Great Gatsby.
F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the ‘American Dream’ in The Great Gatsby by claiming that it is illusory. Men do unethical and extraordinary events for their American Dream. Jay Gatsby, for example has enormous amounts of money. Wealth does not make everyone happy. This spontaneous man can have anything in the world, but Daisy Buchanan is all he wants. However, he can not have her. She his is American Dream. The green light that sits on her dock makes Gatsby wonder. No matter how much he stares at the greenlight, it seems like it is forever out of reach.
Compare the American dream of the 1920s and Fitzgerald’s representation from the previous Body Paragraphs. The comparison between the American dream of the 1920s and Fitzgerald’s representation is that people, especially men, will do nearly anything to achieve their dream or accomplishing it. 1920s was the downfall of the American Dream. The elements is what led to its demise. Fitzgerald made Gatsby throw wonderful and huge parties to use a naive attempt of winning Daisy.