The American Dream‚ Achieved or Destroyed? The American Dream is the idea that every U.S. citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative. The Great Gatsby‚ a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald represents what happened in the 1920s showing how the American Dream can be achieved or destroyed. Myrtle Wilson is the wife of garage owner George Wilson and the mistress of Tom Buchanan. George and Myrtle don’t really have any
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If you have an American dream‚ according to F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ you’re wasting your time. In Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby the roaring twenties are portrayed as a time period of greed‚ perishing social and moral values‚ and the endless pursuit of happiness. These themes show through characters such as Jay Gatsby a forsaken millionaire. Throughout the novel F. Scott Fitzgerald clearly endorsed the idea that the American dream is not attainable. Using literary devices Fitzgerald was
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald was written and set in the 1920’s‚ a decade known as the "Jazz Age." Fitzgerald described it as a time when "the parties were bigger‚ the pace was faster‚ the buildings were higher‚ the morals were looser." 1 It was just after the 1st World War and the young generation began to rebel. The young women (known as the flappers) would have their hair styled into short bobs‚ would wear clothes that were much shorter than before and smoke of
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Selina Weng Honors English III Mrs. Maggert 14 April 2017 The Corruption of American Dream American dream was rooted in the words that each person‚ despite their origins‚ is capable of succeeding in life and this was all based on their skills and efforts. Fitzgerald shows the original American dream as a set of objectives that entailed settlement‚ freedom‚ and an honest life with the likelihood of upward social and economic mobility established through hard work‚ as corrupted and characterized
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The Great Gatsby “The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart‚ and all they can do is stare blankly.” In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald presents his audience with a novel with intricate symbolism. Nick Carroway‚ the protagonist‚ has recently moved from the Midwest to get his career started in New York. He lives on the island of West Egg the poorer side of town‚ across from East Egg the wealthier side of town. In East Egg are where his pompous
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(United States Declaration of Independence). In much the same way as the authors of the founding fathers‚ the American Dream can be defined simply as the pursuit and the achievement of happiness. Clarifications‚ like not needing to use underhanded means‚ are not necessary because it is readily apparent that these means do not provide happiness nor liberty. In other words‚ the American Dream is attainable through hard work‚ determination‚ and the fruits of honest labor‚ even though it is embodied negatively
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passion to achieve the American Dream. This fire is not innocent‚ however. As we strive to stoke the fire to ever greater heights‚ the things we use as fuel - friends‚ family‚ people we may not even know - are burned away‚ turned into nothing but ashes. As Fitzgerald in his novel The Great Gatsby‚ Tennessee Williams in the play The Glass Menagerie‚ Langston Hughes in the poem Harlem‚ and Lorraine Hansberry in the play A Raisin in the Sun argue‚ the American Dream - which smolder inside all of us
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Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald’s Criticism of The American Dream The American Dream‚ as it arose in the Colonial period and developed in the nineteenth century‚ was based on the assumption that each person‚ no matter what his origins‚ could succeed in life on the sole basis of his or her own skill and effort. The dream was embodied in the ideal of the self-made man‚ just as it was embodied in Fitzgerald’s own family by his grandfather‚ P. F. McQuillan. Fitzgerald’s novel takes its place among other
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The Great Gatsby Literary Analysis Essay In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald presents a novel with complex symbolism‚ even into the heart of the novel. Fitzgerald’s life shows through in all of his work in The Great Gatsby. He uses his life to create people and places. Fitzgerald used mostly his own experiences for this novel. Fitzgerald used many different real life people to build up his characters James Gats and Jay Gatsby for his book. He used his own life as a model for James Gats
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Broken Dreams In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the main character‚ Jay Gatsby lives a very contradicting life style. Jay Gatsby lives a very extravagant lifestyle filled with money‚ cars‚ and houses‚ but he is missing one thing‚ his love Daisy. Daisy Buchannan is Gatsby’s dream. Gatsby’s only wish is impossible to achieve because what he wishes is to have the relationship with Daisy like he did 5 years ago. Even though Gatsby seemed to have it all he really didn’t
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