The American Dream In The Great Gatsby Essay
Classless/ American ideology boasts that it is a _______ society, but the comparisons between West Egg, East egg and the Valley of Ashes beg to differ.
love/ "Only fools fall in _______," is an old expression that applies to Gatsby , who is believed to be the biggest fool in the novel in this sense. Though there is speculation of whether or not he actually ____s Daisy or the idea of sweeping an aristocrat girl off her feet.
Dream/ The American _______, is always discussed ,but rarely verified. The Great Gatsby explores the actuality of this American idea. Could one really become whatever they wish? Jay Gatsby dreams of being an aristocrat, (getting Daisy to love him would be proof that he is indeed an aristocrat) but he makes his money illegally (who doesn’t in the novel?), is sneered at by the people of East Egg (even by the people who attends his lavish parties..) and is punished by death after coming so far. …show more content…
Likewise, Fitzgerald does offer a glitter of hope for the American dream when Nick Carraway states, “Gatsby turned out ________ in the end, it was what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams..."(Fitzgerald ).
Hollow/ Along with class and society analyzations, Fitzgerald really portrays the upper class as careless. Many wealthy characters such as Daisy, Tom and Jordan are __________, they do not love nor care about anything.
Moral/ It appears in the world of Gatsby that there is a decline of _____s in Gatsby’s world. Especially considering that Nick Carraway feels the need to justify what an honest, nonjudgemental person he is at the start of the novel. In addition, to Tom’s affair and Daisy’s disregard for Myrtle's death; this is the age of prohibition—a notorious age of ______
love/ "Only fools fall in _______," is an old expression that applies to Gatsby , who is believed to be the biggest fool in the novel in this sense. Though there is speculation of whether or not he actually ____s Daisy or the idea of sweeping an aristocrat girl off her feet.
Dream/ The American _______, is always discussed ,but rarely verified. The Great Gatsby explores the actuality of this American idea. Could one really become whatever they wish? Jay Gatsby dreams of being an aristocrat, (getting Daisy to love him would be proof that he is indeed an aristocrat) but he makes his money illegally (who doesn’t in the novel?), is sneered at by the people of East Egg (even by the people who attends his lavish parties..) and is punished by death after coming so far. …show more content…
Likewise, Fitzgerald does offer a glitter of hope for the American dream when Nick Carraway states, “Gatsby turned out ________ in the end, it was what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams..."(Fitzgerald ).
Hollow/ Along with class and society analyzations, Fitzgerald really portrays the upper class as careless. Many wealthy characters such as Daisy, Tom and Jordan are __________, they do not love nor care about anything.
Moral/ It appears in the world of Gatsby that there is a decline of _____s in Gatsby’s world. Especially considering that Nick Carraway feels the need to justify what an honest, nonjudgemental person he is at the start of the novel. In addition, to Tom’s affair and Daisy’s disregard for Myrtle's death; this is the age of prohibition—a notorious age of ______