Fitzgerald portrays two neighborhoods, East Egg and West Egg, to display the slowly evolving corruption of the American Dream. East Egg houses old money sophisticates, and West Egg accommodates the less fashionable ¡§nouveau riche¡¨ types. The apparent differences cause the two neighborhoods to develop a seeming ri

In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald demonstrates that the superficial environment corrupts and tarnishes the American Dream. In Gatsby¡¦s case, the pursuit of the dream ultimately leads to his tragic death. It becomes apparent that The Great Gatsby is truly an indictment of the American Dream. It represents a fallacy, a mistaken belief that has become the goal of many generations. At one point, Nick writes that Gatsby must have realized what a grotesque thing a rose is--in other words, that a rose is not inherently beautiful, but is felt to be beautiful by people because they choose to perceive its form as a thing of beauty. Without that choice, the rose loses its beauty and becomes grotesque; beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. The American Dream is much like this rose, an outwardly beautiful visual concept. However, the weaknesses of human nature turn its pursuit into a failed reality.

Fitzgerald uses the wealthy New Yorkers that surround Gatsby and Nick to criticize the intrinsic motivations necessary to acquire the American Dream. There is a chain reaction of events, which inevitably lead to a tragic conclusion. Seeking a position or status and emulating each other becomes an obsession for these New Yorkers. As a result, greed, jealousy and envy have a destructive effect on the social fabric of their social classes.

valry. The different neighborhoods are connected through the characters becoming entangled with each other. Bo

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