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. ... This delusion of the American Dream is the paramount theme in The Great Gatsby, and it is the main message Fitzgerald attempts to convey in his saddening, but insightful novel. ... Daisy is evidently personified as the American Dream throughout The Great Gatsby. ... In other words, the upper class stays in the upper class, and the lower class stays in the l...

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