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    to dream about the American Dream American have so many different things‚but the most thing that people think of when they come to America‚the America Dream. American Dream mean to people;they get money‚ they have a loving and a healthy family.The American Dream is possible for those people who work hard for a better life with a home and loving family. If people don’t work hard and are lazy‚they won’t succeed in the American Dream. In my appointed I seen people don’t succeed in the American Dream

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    named Zelda Sayre and she agreed to marry Fitzgerald but she postponed their wedding until he proved that he could make money. He was able to convince Zelda in marrying him after earning some fame and money from his novel “This Slide of Paradise” in 1920. When his most famous novel‚ “The Great Gatsby” was published in 1925 he portrayed Jay Gatsby as himself‚ where Gatsby is a young man who enjoys wealth and luxury and falls in love with a woman when he was stationed at a military camp from the south

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    Nick is slightly intrigued by this almost improbable match. How can a determined‚ wealthy man fall in love with a woman so shallow that she wishes her daughter to "be a fool … a beautiful little fool." (p. 17)? To everyone else‚ it’s obvious that Daisy is extremely shallow‚ but to Gatsby‚ she’s the most beautiful woman with the perfect personality: the American Dream‚ so to speak. So what is he in love with? The Dream‚ or ‘the Daisy?’ The Dream‚ of course. The ‘Daisy’ he sees is a complete figment of

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    Tori Cullo American Dream January 6‚ 2013 Period 4 The 1920s and 1930s represent two decades in our country’s history that were very much connected to one another but extremely different in the economy. The Great Gatsby takes place during the roaring 20s‚ a time of extravagant parties and attempts at finding happiness after World War I. On the other hand‚ The Grapes of Wrath takes place during the 30s while America is suffering from the Great Depression and people are leaving their homes and

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    dissatisfaction for majority of Americans. Fitzgerald depicts all these characteristics throughout the novel with his interesting themes‚ settings‚ and characters. The most elaborate and symbolic character Fitzgerald presents to his 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

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    characters and their individual American Dreams. The novel took place in the 1920s‚ post-World War I‚ where American pride‚ wealth‚ luxuries‚ and all other superficialities were glorified. During this time‚ the American people became ambitious‚ and economic success was made their main goal. The notion of “money can buy happiness” was prominent and people of all walks of life believed in it. While this may have seemed like a positive outlook‚ it resulted in Americans becoming “a restless‚ dissatisfied

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    Commercialism Deteriorates The American Dream Nothing says winter quite like a bare-chested male model wearing merely a decorative scarf for perfect protection of the Adam’s apple. Is it just me or does the image of a half naked male model decked out in nothing but a wool scarf in the dead of winter seem to somehow defeat the purpose of a clothing advertisement? Abercrombie & Fitch offers these mindless money-making schemes constantly. They have experienced public defame in the media for years

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    The American Dream started in the early days when poor immigrants were first coming to America and looking for opportunities. The Declaration of Independence states that “all man are created equal and that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights‚ among which are life‚ liberty and pursuit of happiness” (“The American Dream”‚ n.d.‚ para. 1). In the 1920’s‚ The American Dream used to be searching for equality. Now everyone is trying to just get as rich as they can. This is one of the many

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    The Death of the American Dream in the Great Gatsby World War I brought out the deepest‚ darkest‚ most malignant tendencies of human nature. Young men died in the thousands on the battlefield‚ martyrs of a wanton cause. 1920’s American society mirrored the Great War’s atmosphere of excess. The newly wealthy class‚ in onslaught‚ threw lavish parties and indulged in sexual promiscuity as exorbitance became the new state religion. Traditional values‚ including that of the American Dream‚ seemed to crumble;

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    2016 Romanticism to the American Dream “We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own mids.” (Emerson p.370-372). These words from the political and social milestones seemed to confirm that all man that can have equal rights. In the 1800’s people had various characteristics of what an American Dream was‚ Society and the American history that led to new cultures and different identities. Society soon forgot about the values of how important a symbolic celebration

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