The Death Of The American Dream
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Submitted by alexanderhook on May 24, 2008
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The Death Of The American Dream
The American Dream is dead. This is the main theme in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. In the novel Fitzgerald gives us a glimpse into the life of the high class during the roaring twenties through the eyes of a moralistic young man named Nick Carraway. It is through the narrator's dealings with high society that readers are shown how modern values have transformed the American Dream's pure ideals into a scheme for materialistic power and further, how the world of high society lacks any sense of morals or consequence. In order to support this message, Fitzgerald presents the original aspects of the American Dream along with its modern face to show that the once impervious dream is now lost forever to the American people.
The main qualities of the American Dream presented in The Great Gatsby are perseverance and hope. Another famous characteristic of the American dream is the idea of success against all odds. This is shown through the life of James Gatz, who focused all his attention to living the dream and becoming an American hero. Ever since he was young, Gatz worked hard on becoming a great man. This is documented in Gatz's copy of the adventures of Hopalong Cassidy, who was another romantic American figure. While showing this journal to Nick, Mr. Gatz professed, "Jimmy was bound to get ahead. He always had some resolves like this or something. Do you notice what he's got about improving his mind? He was always great for that." (Pg. 175) James Gatz connection to the American dream is further illustrated by the fact that his program for self-improvement is right out of Ben Franklin's Autobiography, right down to the smallest details. The content of the schedule and what it was written on sho! ws two more of the qualities that are part of being an American hero: hard-working ambition and a thirst for adventure.
The product of all of James Gatz's hard work is the longing Jay Gatsby,...
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good essay.
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Gatsby is a sexy fiend
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did u even read it?
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Interesting view.
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thnks alot for the help =) the quotes helped a lot
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very good, used it and cited it in a term paper about the American Dream
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The essay was great..it helped a lot with the one im writing. Dont worry i cited it :)
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I was really impressed with quality of this essay. It was very well organized, and the thought that weant into it made it easier upon myself. (I cited you as well) I enjoyed the scrutiny upon which you defined how morals evolved the American Dream from one that was pure into one that was materialistic. Excellent! Thankyou.
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Interesting perspective. Very good tho! I as well cited it in my paper about The American Dream. Thanks
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AMAZING essay...helped me a lot!!!! thank you.
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naw... nick carraway helped start an affair between gatsby and daisy... how is he honest?
"Nick Carraway conveys this message as an outsider, an honest man from the mid-west who witnessed the whole affair as an observer."
he was not an observer, he helped in the chaos.
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Interesting point of view well supported with evidence
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this an evidenced but mediocre essay with no style or control of language...use it for the quotes, tho google would work just as well
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this is a very good eassay. we studied the great gatsby and fitzgerald and your ideas r helpful. they run along the same line as what my teacher taught us so thanks for the extended info and opinion
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The quotations and page references were very helpful. High quality essay. Thank you.
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this gave me a great start to a GG American dream essay. thank you!
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is this topic writing about the theme of the death of the american dream in the great gatsby???
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Pure Ideals huh? Read Howard Zinn and then get back to me on that. Food for thought: maybe death is essential to the American Dream? Further reading- Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West, The Awakening by Chopin.
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