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    in One’s Dream In the words of the great rock band‚ The Beatles‚ it is said‚ “For I don’t care too much for money‚ for money can’t buy me love.” For his entire life‚ Jay Gatsby tried to rise up his social economic status to have the girl of his dreams marry him. The attempt to capture the American dream was the main focus of this novel. Gatsby devoted his whole life trying to achieve his so-called dream but failed to do so at the end. He misunderstood the real meaning of his own dream similar to

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    When I think of the American Dream‚ I think of a diverse dream. The United States of America is diverse than ever before‚ in fact‚ it is a melting pot filled with unique American Dreams—including my American-Brazilian Dream. Francis Key Scott Fitzgerald and Arthur Asher Miller are known to be prominent writers of the twentieth century. Nevertheless‚ Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Miller’s Death of Salesman revolve around the hope of achieving the American Dream. Determination‚ as well as hard

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    Back in days the American Dream was different than today’s. In “The Great Gatsby”the american dream is that gatsby was living the life he wanted but still chasing his dreams for daisy but didn’t come true with daisy. “ A new world‚material without being real‚where poor ghosts ‚breathing dreams like air‚drifted fortuitously about..like that ashen‚fantastic figure gliding toward though the amorphous trees.” (pg 124) “But he didn’t despise himself and it didn’t turn out as he had imagined.” (pg105)

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    The American Dream: Is Betterment Worth It? Through the years‚ the inhabitants of America have been mobile people. The Native Americans moved according to the seasons and the migration of animals; the first Spanish settlers moved to find gold; the European colonists moved for land; and in the past weeks‚ Southerners have been moving to escape tragedy. Although these four major diasporas seem to have individual reasons‚ all four share one common root: the American Dream - an urge to improve a

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    The American Dream is dead. This is one of the main themes‚ if not the main theme in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. In the novel Fitzgerald gives us a glimpse into the life of the high class during the 1920’s through the eyes of the narrator‚ a moralistic young man named Nick Carraway. It is through his dealings with high society that readers are shown how modern values have transformed the American Dream’s pure ideals into a scheme for materialistic power and self-betterment‚ how

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    perhaps‚ that had gone into loving Daisy” (Pg 110) The Great Gatsby By ‚F. Scott Fitzgerald In the novel The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald ‚ he uses this particular quote to show the symbolism that Gatsby was trying to live in the past. Nick and Gatsby were talking about Daisy‚ Nick clearly tries to change Gatsby’s opinion. Fitzgerald He showed the motif of Time . And showed the theme of Reality‚ and the theme of memory. That Gatsby was living in a Fantasy instead of a reality‚ and that Nick

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    The Great Gatsby is a book staged during the Jazz Age period. It was a time which was also known also as the ’roaring twenties’‚ after World War I. America was going through a massive change and social reform. The poor and middle class had a chance to rise to be with the much higher class of the social system. It was known as the American Dream. In which where anyone could rise up to wealth. It was also romantic and innocent dream of living the morally perfect life. Unfortunately enough‚ although

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    Reading Assignment Gatsby The lavish extravagant persona of Jay Gatsby was fabricated over many years. As a boy born from poverty‚ James Gatz always saw himself as more than a farmer‚ but as the son of God. When a wealthy man Dan Cody is under the influence and in trouble at sea‚ James Gatz sees his chance to remake himself into the millionaire Jay Gatsby. The name Gatsby becomes a superpower and legendary figure to Long Island and New York inhabitants who attend his parties. Gatsby‚ a mysterious millionaire

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    Pioneered Telecommunications once claimed‚ “the American Dream is all about what people will do if you allow them the open opportunity. .. they have the desire‚ the toughness‚ the willingness to work‚ and the education‚ and then they do something with it‚ and it is extraordinary to see.” This illustration is demonstrated in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby‚ the main character‚ achieved success and wealth‚ the American Dream‚ by planning and working hard. He came from nothing and

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    English CP Miss. Herring Corruption of the “American Dream” and the negative power of money. The “American Dream” portrays a life that everyone wants to have‚ becoming successful with a great job‚ home‚ and a family. This dream embodies The Great Gatsby who is trying to pursue the American Dream through his life. Gatsby’s dream however was corrupted because of his pursuit of wealth and the negative power of money. In Fact Gatsby is blind to know that his money cannot buy him his happiness

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