of social values and morals apparent in the society then. His disapproval of the excesses that was present in the 1920s can be seen in the way he portrays his main protagonist‚ Jay Gatsby and the eventual demise of Gatsby as he pursues his American dream‚ through illegal means. Through the portrayal of characters such as Jay Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson‚ coupled with their eventual demise of these characters that sought to achieve the American Dream‚ we are able to see the fact that Fitzgerald does not
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For Jay Gatsby idealism and truth play important roles in how he chooses to live his life as well as how others view his life. Every individual holds different ideals and matters of what they believe to be the truth. For individuals existence and truth pertains to only what the person knows and believes in; therefore‚ how one perceives things to be is how they exist. For Gatsby the only Daisy that exists is perfect and the embodiment of everything he desires. For the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ the
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Although everyone’s idea of the American Dream varies a little bit‚ for Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby the American Dream is all about finding a life less ordinary and reaching the top. Daisy Buchanan: Daisy Buchanan is the love interest of Jay Gatsby. She comes from an aristocratic family and is used to the good life. She marries Tom because he is wealthy and can provide her with the material luxuries she is used to. Daisy shows no compassion for anything including her daughter and often hides
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marriage Daisy confused her love for Tom with‚ materialistic things.This meaning she never really loved him‚ but did love the things she got out of being with him. Jay Gatsby was so sure that he really loved Daisy that he lied for her. This happens when Jay says “ Yes‚ he said after a moment‚”but of course I’ll say I was‚” (143). Jay Gatsby was so in love with Daisy that he lost his life for her due to lying to those around
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How far would you go for someone you really love? When Nick’s cousin Daisy introduces him to Jordan Baker‚ a young golfer‚ they immediately hit it off and begin a romantic relationship. Nick Carraway comes to find out that his neighbor Jay Gatsby is madly in love with Daisy who is now married to Tom Buchanan. Gatsby is known for his extravagant parties that are really just a ploy to get Daisy to his house‚ but unfortunately for him‚ she never shows up. Gatsby forces Nick to invite Daisy over for
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party in Manhattan and his next door neighbor Jay Gatsby’s party in West Egg. These two parties do more than just exemplify the 20s and recount Nick’s story‚ they reveal stuff about the two hosts. These parties reveal Tom Buchanan is egocentric and that Jay Gatsby’s life in West Egg is circulated around his love for Daisy. In the 1920s‚ the United States saw great economic growth and cultural advancement. Jay Gatsby represents this perfectly. Jay Gatsby is man from the middle class who works
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Age‚ the people of America dreamed of attaining financial greatness. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is set in New York City‚ the epitome of industrialization and economic opportunity during the Jazz Age. The young‚ charming‚ and charismatic Jay Gatsby flaunts his financial prosperity through lavish and colorful parties. However‚ Gatsby’s money is earned dishonestly and is short lived. Fitzgerald reveals the intangibility of the American Dream through various characters in the novel. George
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Fitzgerald explores and comments upon Americans and their pursuit of the American Dream through Jay Gatsby and Dexter Green’s pursuit of their "golden girls". Fitzgerald shows that the American Dream is not easily achieved by giving each leading man obstacles in the pursuit of their golden girl. Both Jay Gatsby and Dexter Green face many obstacles while trying to win their golden girl. For example‚ Jay
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in The Great Gatsby take a materialistic attitude that causes them to fall into a downward spiral of empty hope and zealous obsession. Fitzgerald contrasts Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway to display how the materialistic attitude of the 1920’s leads many to hopeless depression and how materialism never constitutes happiness. Fitzgerald uses Jay Gatsby‚ a character who spends his entire adult life raising his status‚ only to show the stupidity of the materialistic attitude. Rather than hard work‚ Gatsby
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ambition. Fitzgerald uses the setting of East Egg and West Egg and characterization of Daisy and Dan Cody on the connection they have with Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby’s ambition is to achieve the American Dream. In Gatsby’s eyes‚ to achieve the American Dream consist of becoming the richest man and sharing his wealth with the woman he loves right by his side. Jay‚ based of his characterization‚ never sees himself as the poor man and he‚ with his power‚ would do anything to accomplish his dream. In the
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