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    The American Dream From the birth of America‚ to America today‚ the driving force and the heart of America has always been the “American Dream.” The actual idea of the “American Dream” is older than the United States. It dates back to the 1600’s‚ when people began to come up with all sorts of hopes and aspirations for the new and largely unexplored continent. Many of the dreams focused on owning land and establishing prosperous businesses which would lead to “happiness.” The “American Dream” is the

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    theme of romance does not come into picture. We find out that Gatsby bought his house so that Daisy would only be across the bay‚ though his last memory of her was when her saw her for the last time five years ago. Even the weather thinks they are in love as the room is filled with sunshine when they see each other again for the first time. One could easily think that the fact that Gatsby had thought about Daisy all these years and is still “in love” is very romantic and shows how his love is real. Though

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    decline of the ‘American Dream’ and how it is not what everyone would like to thinks it is. This story is a huge drama all about love‚ loss and heartbreak that brings readers through a story that is fascinating and amazing. Fitzgerald shows readers how greed‚ false love‚ and jealousy ruined the idyllic American Dream. Money is what makes the world then and now revolve. In The Great Gatsby money is what makes a person who they are. Money shapes them. The concept of the American Dream is the pursuit

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    1. Introduction America was in a jazz age in 1920s. Its economy developed so fast that most American people had begun to get a sense that “World War I” had brought so many material benefits to them‚ with unprecedented enthusiasm; they closed doors to purchase wealth and pleasure insanely. They not only think they are placed in one of the most brilliant era in human’s history and mesmerize in it‚ but also believe that the time will continue endlessly. Social structure and people’s behavior and psychology

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    American Dream Great Gatsby written by Scott Fitzgerald is a great novel that talks about the American dream. The American dream in reality is making something happen out of nothing. America started brand new at the bottom of the list of great nations and after years of hard work this nation became a world power through its economy. Once Americans reach economic success they believe that they have achieved the American dream but they are wrong. To others people in the novel like Gatsby‚ Tom Buchanan

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    Yimei Xu Group 6 Daisy Miller by Henry James In James’s novels‚ Daisy Miller is fresh‚ pure‚ brave‚ honest and enthusiastic‚ likes freedom‚ and dares to challenge old European convention and tradition.. But somehow she is not well cultured or well refined. Daisy Miller is a wealthy‚ young‚ American gial from upstate New York‚ traveling around Europe with her mother and her younger brother in order to see Europe for herself. Daisy is a curious mixture of traits. She is spirited

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    easy to navigate‚ but with hard work‚ drive and passion‚ it’s possible to achieve the American dream.” - Tommy Hilfiger. For most Americans‚ the definition of the American Dream is a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success‚ and a high- class lifestyle for the family and children. This dream is achieved through hard work in a society with some barriers. The American Dream is a desire most people wish to achieve‚ however‚ even though this desire is achievable

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    The American Dream America is commonly known as a place where opportunities are fairly unlimited to everyone. A shared goal among American society is the attainment of wealth‚ freedom‚ and prosperity. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby leads his reader on a winding‚ dangerous journey in order to describe a failed attempt to achieve the American Dream in a corrupt 1920’s society. Daisy Buchanan‚ Tom Buchanan‚ and Jay Gatsby are three characters that take the pursuit of the American Dream to an

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    4U1 Monday‚ October-27-14 The Destructive American Dream in The Great Gatsby “Then wear the gold hat‚ if that will move her; If you can bounce high‚ bounce for her too‚ Till she cry ‘Lover‚ gold-hatted‚ high-bouncing lover‚ I must have you!’” (pg. 6). The Great Gatsby is an extraordinarily telling story of the fatal flaws within the ‘American Dream’‚ in disguise as a love story. It appears to be a novel portraying Jay Gatsby’s love for Daisy Buchanan when‚ in truth‚ it speaks more toward the self-centred

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    The True American Dream The Roaring Twenties was a new era of over indulgence in materialistic things in life. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ follows the story of Jay Gatsby‚ a man who is driven to win back the love of Daisy Buchanan‚ the women of his dreams. Jay Gatsby builds social status and wealth in hopes of fulfilling the American Dream and eventually has an affair with Daisy only to lose her again‚ along with his life. Through the characterization of Daisy‚ Gatsby‚ and Myrtle

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