In F. Scott Fitzgerald's highly accomplished novel, The American Dream, he portrays the longing for the American Dream as a significant part of ones life, very familiar to society as a corrupted essence of reality and ideals that the characters, especially Jay Gatsby, truly represent. The question saunters, what truly is the corruption of the American Dream? In The Great Gatsby, the longing for the real American Dream---a simple white picket fence, a perfect family, a true love, and security ... ---is not uncommon, but the corruption is characterized by greed and overpowered by money and mater...

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... is possible to better understand this theme that has attracted my interest in the text. Although later in the text it becomes apparent that Gatsby's dream can never be fulfilled, Fitzgerald is careful to underline the beneficial aspects of being dedicated to a dream, namely the purpose and motivation it brings to Gatsby's life. In the Great Gatsby, no character is flawless, and it is through these imperfections that Fitzgerald ... fantasy that he will not accept there is a limit to how far he can go. Gatsby is so vivid at times in the text (the use of "cried" shows how emotional he is) ...

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