... usually participates in the popular ideas of capitalist culture. Here, I am suggesting that literature attempts to appeal towards higher social classes. An example of this type of participation is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Although the novel is set in the 1920's, it allows readers to view the desperate attempts at achieving the American Dream ... to live in that era, I am pointing out how ever since the movie of The Great Gatsby came out, almost every high school, college, and social event has used the 1920's "Gatsby" theme. I'm suggesting that this fascination with the "...

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... into discussion issues arising from the pursuit of this dream by examining the lives of the protagonists of two important American literatures: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The protagonists of both novels are linked by their parallel ambitions, their motivations, and their resulting dissatisfaction. By examining the symbolic representations of the causes and actions of their ... and hard work and he was ready to make those sacrifices. However, he had no idea what the ramifications of his dream will entail to its end. Gatsby's we see in c...

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