ideal of a self-made man is quite American. It is the idea that someone from a humble background can become someone of great importance and wealth through sheer willpower and hard work. The self-made man’s success is not based off his background or the help of others but his own intrinsic values and qualities. It is this idea that allows James Gatz to become Jay Gatsby‚ and it is this idea that also ironically becomes his downfall. Gatsby is a self-made man‚ the embodiment of the American dream‚ and undergoes
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October-27-14 The Destructive American Dream in The Great Gatsby “Then wear the gold hat‚ if that will move her; If you can bounce high‚ bounce for her too‚ Till she cry ‘Lover‚ gold-hatted‚ high-bouncing lover‚ I must have you!’” (pg. 6). The Great Gatsby is an extraordinarily telling story of the fatal flaws within the ‘American Dream’‚ in disguise as a love story. It appears to be a novel portraying Jay Gatsby’s love for Daisy Buchanan when‚ in truth‚ it speaks more toward the self-centred‚ hollow reality
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Decline of the American Dream Americans are good dreamers who are willing to work hard to turn their dreams into reality‚ and some of them do succeed. By the 1920’s‚ a multitude of people have made large amounts of money‚ but due to the material excessiveness of the rich‚ some gradually corrupted the purity of their American Dreams. In The Great Gatsby‚ F.Scott Fitzgerald criticizes the theme of the decline of the American Dream in the 1920s by showing the opulence and sloth of both rich and poor
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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
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The Great Gatsby is a book published in 1925 that revolves around the life of Nick Carraway and his experiences of moving to the east. The story‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is focused on showing the American Dream. Which is the notion that there is “a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone.” Though how do the characters in the book represent the notion of the American Dream? Fitzgerald uses Gatsby to represent the American Dream and that people will go to great
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The American Dream is an ideology that through hard‚ honest work and determination‚ you can achieve success in The United States of America. In the novel "The Great Gatsby"‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald alludes to the concept of The American Dream in a time just after World War 1 and he achieves this through many characters and the environment in which they live and interact in. The main character of the novel has often been characterized as a clear representation of The American Dream‚ which is a false statement
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The Great Gatsby: The Decline of the American Dream Following the much adored novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ came the phenomenal screenplay of The Great Gatsby‚ released in May‚ 2013. 1920’s America boomed with unprecedented prosperity and material excess as stock markets skyrocketed and spirits rang high. The film‚ however‚ focuses on a much larger underlying theme that is a highly symbolic rumination of the entirety of America in the 1920’s: the disintegration of the American dream. This
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The True American Dream The Roaring Twenties was a new era of over indulgence in materialistic things in life. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ follows the story of Jay Gatsby‚ a man who is driven to win back the love of Daisy Buchanan‚ the women of his dreams. Jay Gatsby builds social status and wealth in hopes of fulfilling the American Dream and eventually has an affair with Daisy only to lose her again‚ along with his life. Through the characterization of Daisy‚ Gatsby‚ and Myrtle
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American Dream Great Gatsby written by Scott Fitzgerald is a great novel that talks about the American dream. The American dream in reality is making something happen out of nothing. America started brand new at the bottom of the list of great nations and after years of hard work this nation became a world power through its economy. Once Americans reach economic success they believe that they have achieved the American dream but they are wrong. To others people in the novel like Gatsby‚ Tom Buchanan
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Achieving The American Dream What my essay is going to be about is how the economy was back then to how it is now. I’m also going to talk about how "The Great Gatsby" has to relate to The American Dream. I believe that The American Dream includes success‚ money‚ and the opportunities that we now have. In The American Dream I believe that we have to be successful in order to be able to reach The American Dream. In the book‚ "The Great Gatsby" success is meant by having the biggest houses and nicest
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