... reflect on the disintegration of the traditional "American Dream" through the shallowness and corruption of the upper class. Throughout the story Fitzgerald uses many symbols such as the Green light seen at the end of Daisy's dock, the wild and illustrious parties thrown by Gatsby, and the eyes of Doctor ... T. J. Eckelburg. Fitzgerald uses these symbols to represent his true, literary voice. In the text Gatsby is a newly wealthy World War I veteran who has settled in "West Egg" after acquiring ... the over destruction and carelessness of the upper class in total absence of the American ...

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After reading the book The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the strong themes, motifs, and symbols stand out more than ever. The action in the book takes place over a short time period of a few months during the summer of 1922 ... is extremely symbolic of the entire decade. The decade is portrayed as an era of decaying social and moral values, which are extremely visible throughout the book. Greed and lust are also very sought after and the velocity of increasing corruption of society, especially the upper class, is at its height. During this time period ... on the first day of fall ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Chicago, expecting to have a simple life being a stockbroker. However, it turns out to be the complete opposite. Nick arrives as an innocent soul, who eventually gets tangled up with the greed, love, and competition of the Eggs. Nick is mixed in with all the "new money" people, who are looked at as bootleggers by the East Eggers, like Tom ... " (Fitzgerald 179). This is exactly what they did to Nick because he was vulnerable to their negative influence. The Film, The Great Gatsby, is a great source to see the symbols of locations and how it affects people, especially because of the visua...

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• Grade Level: High School