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 characters. It is undenial that most of the characters in The Great Gatsby reflect the corruption in American Dreams from many aspects. Some of them use exsiting money for purposeless enjoyment‚ some of them expect to get money from rich people‚
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works just as hard. Corruption has definitely had an impact on success in the past. Look at someone like Al Capone‚ the inventor of organized crime in the 1920s. He most likely achieved all of his dreams. Did he work hard? Probably‚ but he worked illegally in order to get his money and authority. He smuggled alcohol‚ which was illegal at the time‚ and did other illegal business. This was a cold-blooded business
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and luxury. Besides material goods‚ people started pursuing the American dream of a stable life with a family. The main character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”‚ Jay Gatsby‚ is also fascinated to enter into the rat race of achieving the perfect “American Dream”. He wants daisy back and for that he tries to lure her with his wealth. But just like the Stock Market Crash of 1929‚ Gatsby’s American Dream crashes. By depicting the failure of Gatsby’s dream‚ Fitzgerald proves that the American
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living in America. The Great Gatsby tells a story of a man named Nick Carraway who moves to New York in the summer of 1922. He meets his cousin Daisy Buchanan‚ her husband Tom Buchanan‚ and James Gatsby. The four of them spend most of the summer together. Gatsby attempts to win Daisy back from Tom‚ as they had a relationship together in the past. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates the corruption of the American Dream through the characters of Daisy‚ Gatsby‚ and the marriage of
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The Great Gatsby captures the story of a man motivated by his passion to find love. The novel encapsulates the agony Jay Gatsby experiences throughout his journey to acquire the affection and devotion he so greatly desires from the woman of his dreams. The book portrays the corruption of the 1920s and the collateral damage it has upon society. As unfortunate as the occurrences within the plot seem‚ there is a shocking reality that lies beneath them. The story of The Great Gatsby strongly parallels
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In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the theme of “Wealth can breed carelessness” using the literary devices and/or techniques of irony‚ flashback‚ and point of view. Throughout the story‚ Nick Carraway exposes the affluent main characters through their hideous actions and words. Whether to them it is virtuous or not‚ the result was completely repulsive. First of all‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the theme of “Wealth can breed carelessness” using irony. According to the text
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The Great Gatsby: The Corruption of the American Dream In the 1920’s many people left their countries to come to America seeking for the American dream. The American Dream meant being successful and happy. Many people started to learn that they couldn’t find that happiness without the money. In Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the characters based their lives off of wealth and materialism‚ forgetting what the real idea of the American dream was. Throughout the story‚ Daisy‚ Gatsby and Myrtle
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MOTIVATION OF WEALTH: In the Great Gatsby there is a motivation of wealth for Gatsby‚ he is a man who thinks that he can win over Daisy by resorting to crime to do so. His idea is that if he gains money and has parties and becomes glamorous like Daisy is‚ she will come back to him‚ for this was a time where social status mattered and Daisy was in the same social place as Tom‚ making them a perfect match. Gatsby grew up poor‚ but when he met Dan Cody with his yacht and abundance of money he started
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The Great Gatsby‚ written in the 1920s‚ is a book symbolizing the corruption of the American Dream. The American Dream was a dream of immigrants coming to the americas in pursuit of a better life. Immigrants thought that living in the land of the free would be a lot better than it turned out to be and most of them ended up working in conditions worse than from which they came. The 1920s was nicknamed the Gilded Age because from the outside‚ life looked glamorous and expensive‚ but that isn’t the
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Throughout the last four chapters of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Gatsby continues to wear a mask in order to enhance his social status‚ and he is unable to attain the American dream. Essentially‚ these two themes relate to each other because Gatsby’s luxurious lifestyle is used as a medium to attain his American dream. He acquires millions of dollars‚ purchases a mansion on West Egg‚ and hosts lavish weekend parties in order to associate with a higher social class. Gatsby’s reputation
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