... (10). His past shines through his current accomplishments and status. Fitzgerald deploys these two characters in his story to portray the truth of the American dream. This dream is hardly limited only by the people's "own imaginations and ambitions." In the American society at the time, there was still a clear distinction ... between the traditionally rich, and the people who became wealthy through the American dream. Wealth is not simply a sign of status, it is sign of dignity, of pride, of fame, of character and of love. This is the ... was the one who put this "price tag" on her love ...

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... is recognized in American Literature as one of his greatest achievements. Many of Fitzgerald's works research the Jazz-Age for the single American dream of happiness and wealth (Poupard, Person 146). "Critics concur that The Great Gatsby rises above being a mere chronicle of a past American ... era, and most believe that the novel's continued popularity demonstrates modern America's fascination with the American dream" (Poupard, Person 147). In this book Fitzgerald uses Gatsby to compare the real American dreamer with what has become of the American society ... Dreamers in a healthy soc...

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... remains incomplete. Throughout the novel, the reader realizes that his true love, Daisy Buchanan, is what's missing. Initially, it seems that Gatsby grasped onto his unattainable dream, because Gatsby and Daisy saw each other on a somewhat regular basis. Later on in the story, however, conflicts arose due to Daisy's husband, Tom. When ... actually be true. When Daisy told him that she would always love Tom, Gatsby was astonished. She crushed all hope that he ever had for achieving his dream. Although Gatsby believed that he had Daisy for a while, he really did not attain the unattainable....

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... more about his mysterious neighbor. Gatsby tells Jordan that he knew Daisy in Louisville in 1917 and is deeply in love with her. He spends many nights staring at the green light at the end of her dock, across the bay from his mansion. Gatsby's extravagant lifestyle and wild parties are simply an ... relationship with Jordan, and he ends up moving back to the Midwest to get away from the people that surrounded Gatsby. Nick reflects that the American dream of happiness and uniqueness has disintegrated into the simple pursuit of wealth. Gatsby's power to transform his dreams into reality is...

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... "). Because of his childhood he was envious and determined to become wealthy. "Both Fitzgerald"s life and his work have been seen as a study in the pursuit of an elusive American Dream"(Pace, "Fitzgerald's Life"). Life was tough for Fitzgerald because he depended the money that magazines would pay him for his stories(Mangum "F. Scott Fitzgerald"). In one of Fitzgerald's short stories ... and realized that he still has his writing, even though the rest of his life was a mess(Lutz 20). "Fitzgerald's life is a tragic example of both sides of the American Dream - the joys of young love, weal...

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