The Pursuit of Happiness The American Dream is acquired through hard work and sacrifice and allows normal people in society to believe that material prosperity is what defines success. The aspiration to achieve the American Dream is the catalyst to believing that material possessions are more important than spiritual values. Hard work and vigor is essential in being prosperous in life‚ and excellence must be preserved in oneself. The spirit‚ the will to excel‚ and the will to win is what one must
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the West promises. In The Great Gatsby‚ the author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the disillusionment of the Western dream through Jay Gatsby’s loss of identity‚ the lifestyle‚ and his legacy. Since he was young‚ Gatsby changes his identity in order to mold himself into the epitome of Western culture. In many instances‚ Gatsby attempts to conceal his initial poverty‚ such as when he claims‚ “[his] family all died and [he] came into a good deal of money” (65)‚ while in
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people in America. The economy was up and many Americans became very successful. The novel‚ The Great Gatsby especially highlights the upper class. The characters in the book that fit this role are Tom‚ Daisy and Gatsby. The author F. Scott Fitzgerald connected the values and goals of the characters and the theme of the book with the theme of the 1920s. The values of the characters in The Great Gatsby are very important to the overall plot of the book. The characters values seem to only be about
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American short-story writer and novelist best known for his turbulent personal life and novels like This Side of Paradise‚ The Beautiful and the Damned and The Great Gatsby. The 1920’s was an era in which women had more freedom from the duties previously imposed on them‚ however Fitzgerald decides to portray women in his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ as foolish and disloyal‚ ultimately bringing upon the downfall of men. The novel is set in the Roaring 20’s and it is narrated
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The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ elegantly captures the essence of the Jazz Age‚ the soaring prose reflecting a time defined by glittering dynamism and evolution while underscored with rampant excess and moral decay‚ as detailed in Nick Carraway’s account of his experience in New York City. Although the titular character’s motivations‚ the pursuit of the time he lost with Daisy‚ is the main force driving the plot of the novel‚ The Great Gatsby is undeniably a coming-of-age novel revolving
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Nick Carraway says “Dishonesty in a woman is never a thing you can blame deeply” In light of this comment‚ discuss how Fitzgerald presents the female characters in The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses the characters of Daisy Buchanan‚ Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson in his novel‚ ‘The Great Gatsby‚’ to portray his view on the changing morals and nature of women in 1920’s America. At a time surrounding the height of decadence and hedonism after the First World War‚ it is inevitable that the females
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American dream on the Great Gatsby - What can we learn from the Great Gatsby? References Nick Carraway Novel’s narrator‚ from Minnesota Educated at Yale Fought in W.W.I Learns bond business. Honest‚ tolerant Gatsby’s neighbor Nick Carraway by Tobey Maguire‚ the Great Gatsby movie 2013 Jay Gatsby Protagonist Fabulously wealthy Has opulent mansion on Long Island
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The Great Gatsby explores a number of themes‚ none is more prevalent than that of the corruption of the American dream. The American dream is the concept that‚ in America‚ any person can be successful as long he or she is prepared to work hard and use their natural gifts. Gatsby appears to be the embodiment of this dream—he has risen from being a poor farm boy with no prospects to being rich‚ having a big house‚ servants‚ and a large social circle attending his numerous functions. He has achieved
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Furthermore‚ in the Great Gatsby‚ a historical fictional novel‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald paints a picture of a lifestyle and a decade that is both fascinating and horrific which to most people‚ is evocative and makes them look at their way of life in a different way. His style‚ especially in the great Gatsby is described as “lushly evocative” because his works have a brilliant understanding of lives that are corrupted by greed and are incredibly sad and unfulfilled. Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby portrays a very
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THE GREAT GATSBY In his most fully realized artistic achievement‚ Fitzgerald creates a rich pattern of evocative language and some equally provocative symbols to carry the weight and meaning of his ideas. In this presentation I will be showing how three of these symbols are used to represent what Fitzgerald views as the most pressing problem of his society; the dangerous reality of pursuing dreams obsessively. I will be looking primarily at the valley of ashes‚ T K Eckleburg and the green light
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