readers is Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby as a vehicle to explore the idea of The American Dream‚ which was a key element in shaping American society and it’s citizens. Fitzgerald does not sugar-coat his definition of the American Dream‚ but lets his protagonist voice these elements and its decline‚ challenging the reader to explore the true nature of America in the 1920s. Jay Gatsby‚ like many average Americans‚ has a dream of becoming successful and noble. In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby
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Within The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby’s true self is identified as each chapter progresses. In the beginning‚ he is a character met with intrigue and wonder; everyone that meets Mr. Gatsby is impressed by the air of sophistication and aristocracy that he upholds. When Nick finally decides to tell the reader about Gatsby’s past‚ the reader has come to pity Gatsby a little because of the bits and pieces of Gatsby’s life that the reader has put together‚ such as that he was forced to leave Daisy and that
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things. People who were rich during this time were extremely rich. These people only made up about five percent of America. Forty-two percent of Americans lived under the poverty line.Throughout the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Jay Gatsby faced social problems himself. This problem‚ along with others‚ is represented by a green light. The color green represents money or wealth and a light is something only to be looked at and can never be held. In The Great Gatsby‚ the green light
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goal. The characters in The Great Gatsby all believed they were living the American Dream because they were extremely rich and very popular. Some characters like Tom Buchanan believed he could do anything he wanted to because of his status in society. Jay Gatsby was a symbol for everyone in the 1920’s for what they all wanted to become. He was incredibly rich that the public thought he had the best life anyone could
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higher importance and status. The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925 during the “Jazz Age”. Jay Gatsby is a parvenu who worked himself his way up. He is the main character and he has a quixotic passion for Daisy Buchanan and he has a need for materialistic things. Nevertheless‚ the only business plan he had was a vision of achieving his dream. When Jay Gatsby becomes part of the upper class society‚ the luxuries that he has blind him from realizing that money cannot buy
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The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is about the American Dream‚ and the demise of those who attempt to capture its false goals. For Jay‚ the dream is that‚ through wealth and power‚ one can obtain happiness. To get this happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream and in order to do this he must have wealth and power. Jay Gatsby‚ the central figure of the story‚ is a character who longs for the past. He devotes most of his adult life trying to recapture it and‚ eventually
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very much like acting wherein one puts on a costume and plays a role and then‚ later on‚ steps out of the role when the play is over. The problem with James is that once he got into this costume‚ he never stepped out. Once he took on the persona of Jay Gatsby‚ the play - for him - never ended. And‚ becoming accustomed to this fantasy of his‚ it became his reality. This endowed him with a distinct swagger and confidence which allowed him to fulfill his dreams. But‚ the longer he had this costume on
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characters that achieved very different American Dreams such as Tom Buchanan‚ Jay Gatsby‚ and Nick Carroway. Tom Buchanan’s American Dream was not one of success‚ but one of affairs. Tom wanted to see how many women he could use to cheat on Daisy. Whereas Nick Carraway realizes his American Dream after Gatsby’s death. Nick recognizes that his American Dream is to learn from the past‚ but he realizes this once it is too late. Jay Gatsby also had an American Dream. His American Dream was that if he had
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them happy. In F. Scott Fitzgerald ’s The Great Gatsby‚ Fizgerald keenly shows us how Jay Gatsby is one of these people. Gatsby believes that if he has money‚ he can do attain great goals. Gatsby is a sensible man‚ yet he has many false conceptions. Jay Gatsby believes that money can recreate the past‚ can buy him happiness‚ and can be helpful in achieving a level of prestige in the prominent East Egg. <br> <br>Jay Gatsby believes he can buy happiness; and this is exhibited through his house‚ his clothes
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other off his backs‚ and he is free to roam about with his outrageous views and ego. He cheats on his wife with another woman and isn’t ashamed about it Another character in the novel attributing to the corruption of the people and society is Jay Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby himself is living a corrupted life‚ his own name is not even real‚ and his fortune is from illegal bootlegging money. In a way Gatsby’s entire life was corrupted by this entire image of picture perfect goal of a future with Daisy. However
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