Theme Of Corruption In The Great Gatsby
CORRUPTION AND COMMON FAILURE TO ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM
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Literature
Corruption and Common Failure to Achieve the American Dream Read in high schools and colleges across the nation, “The Great Gatsby” has been called “the great American novel” by a handful of scholars and critics (Hoover, " 'The Great Gatsby ' Still Challenges Myth of American Dream."). A person can easily find a copy of the book as well as media analysis of “Gatsby” almost anywhere. “The Great Gatsby” examines the luxury of American life in the 1920s as everyone chases their individual interpretation of “the dream”. (2) “The novel is an exploration of the American Dream as it exists in a corrupt period of history. Fitzgerald catches the contradictions and corruptions of the American Dream. “The Great Gatsby”, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, …show more content…
While Daisy has an affair with Gatsby, Tom is having an affair with another character named Myrtle Wilson, who wishes to take him from Daisy. (Due to Daisy’s careless lifestyle, Myrtle’s life is ended shortly in a car accident.) Through the common occurrence of corruption:
“Gatsby gets his fortune through the illegal sale of alcohol ( 'bootlegging '). The sale of alcohol was prohibited in the United States in the 1920s. Gatsby came from the western United States where there was 'old money. ' There he met Dan Cody who taught him how to 'bootleg. ' As Gatsby became richer he moved to West Egg in New York.” ("The Great Gatsby and the fall of the American Dream.")
The immoral actions of all of these characters show the decline in respect for life in general. As soon as Daisy finds out about Gatsby’s scandalous ways of becoming rich, she leaves his arms and becomes one with the man she married for his money. Although all of these characters have attained the American dream”, they have yet to find true
Research Paper
Literature
Corruption and Common Failure to Achieve the American Dream Read in high schools and colleges across the nation, “The Great Gatsby” has been called “the great American novel” by a handful of scholars and critics (Hoover, " 'The Great Gatsby ' Still Challenges Myth of American Dream."). A person can easily find a copy of the book as well as media analysis of “Gatsby” almost anywhere. “The Great Gatsby” examines the luxury of American life in the 1920s as everyone chases their individual interpretation of “the dream”. (2) “The novel is an exploration of the American Dream as it exists in a corrupt period of history. Fitzgerald catches the contradictions and corruptions of the American Dream. “The Great Gatsby”, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, …show more content…
While Daisy has an affair with Gatsby, Tom is having an affair with another character named Myrtle Wilson, who wishes to take him from Daisy. (Due to Daisy’s careless lifestyle, Myrtle’s life is ended shortly in a car accident.) Through the common occurrence of corruption:
“Gatsby gets his fortune through the illegal sale of alcohol ( 'bootlegging '). The sale of alcohol was prohibited in the United States in the 1920s. Gatsby came from the western United States where there was 'old money. ' There he met Dan Cody who taught him how to 'bootleg. ' As Gatsby became richer he moved to West Egg in New York.” ("The Great Gatsby and the fall of the American Dream.")
The immoral actions of all of these characters show the decline in respect for life in general. As soon as Daisy finds out about Gatsby’s scandalous ways of becoming rich, she leaves his arms and becomes one with the man she married for his money. Although all of these characters have attained the American dream”, they have yet to find true