... Tom commits adultery with a mistress named Myrtle Wilson who is also committing the act of adultery upon her husband. There is also the example of the love that Daisy and Jay Gatsby share, or rather Gatsby's unrequited love for Daisy. Gatsby and Daisy could be said to have an unhealthy relationship since Gatsby only had a short relationship with her, ... and moral questions such as whether or not it is acceptable to do anything to reach your goals. Society The cast of 'The Great Gatsby' live in the jazz era of 1920's America which was a rather carefree era which is evident with all...

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... individual can aspire to new heights based upon the ideology of meritocracy. The American dream is a "recurring theme in American literature"(Pearson) and in American society. However, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's critically acclaimed novel, presents the American dream as an illusion which can never be achieved, and according to recent events in America, Fitzgerald is evidently correct. The ... upper class hinders the rising middle class from achieving the American dream. Myrtle Wilson is one of Tom Buchanan's mistresses, a non-elitist woman aspiring to become more than simpl...

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... a universal hope familiar to our society and characters in the book consisting of aspirations of a perfect life and achievements. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway quotes, "Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby's house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his ... have been the base of the corruption of the American Dream throughout the book, Tom and Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson thrice reflect the disingenuous desires of the population. Another important quote ...

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