... Scott Fitzgerald 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 ... living his life and trying to fit in. He hopes his future will be brighter than his past was. "But the essence of the American Dream whose tragedy Gatsby is enacting is that it lives in a past and a future that never existed, and is helpless in the presen...

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• Grade Level: High School

... time period that the great industrialists, such as Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller, made their fortunes. American ideals changed as the "image of the American as a boisterous frontiersman, became important to a country seeking to heal its wounds and see itself as a healthy, growing nation" (Adventures in American Literature, 378). As Americans took pride in the fact their nation could survive such a struggle, industrialism continued ... the first World War, a new culture began to emerge. This culture is most prominently seen in the 1920's. Also referred to as the roaring twenties, ...

• Word Count: 1887
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• Grade Level: High School