... there are innate deficiencies in people in which East is unsuitable or unobtainable; in other words, there are inherent deficiencies or flaws in which the American Dream is unobtainable. Thus Fitzgerald once again shows us that the American Dream does not function. The inherent flaws of the American Dream accompanies aristocratic conservatism, impediment, and corruption and the Dream pursuers' own ... a difference between the poor and the rich, there's also differences within the poor. This strict stratification contradicts the ideals of unlimited vertical mobility stated in the America...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... has qualities, which are the complete opposite of those of Tom Buchanan, his cousin-in-law. In the novel, the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, uses the comparison between two cousins to show how their differing characteristics reflect the themes of morality and reality versus illusion. One of Nick's ... main characters in The Great Gatsby all have very different personalities. Despite this however, all of the characters are affected by money, and Fitzgerald uses this fact to influence the response of the reader. Some characters, like Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, have money, and are very expressiv...

• Word Count: 6164
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School

... and claim for themselves a piece of what they considered to be the "American Dream", they inevitably got lost in the process, and Fitzgerald created several poignant and distinct characters in The Great Gatsby who epitomized the era and his beliefs in how the era affected people. On ... would go crazy living the life that Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker seem to live. In another way, perhaps Daisy's feelings toward her daughter mirrored Fitzgerald's feelings for his wife Zelda. During the Buchanan's dinner party, Nick noticed that: "[s]ometimes she [Daisy] and Miss Baker talked at once, .....

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• Grade Level: High School

... to a fantasy vision of Daisy rather than reality, and so his dream is fragile. When Gatsby believes that his dream has been fulfilled, Fitzgerald describes that, "He literally glowed; without a word or a gesture of exultation a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little ... consequences. This shows that while the Dream can offer purpose, failure to achieve it can cause dangerously crushing disappointment. Both Miller and Fitzgerald emphasise materialism as an increasingly important part of the Dream, with many people inspiring to be wealthy, owning hoards of possessions. Wi...

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• Grade Level: High School

... embedded in every fabric of American life. The American dream has become the major focal point of many works of American literature. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby the pursuit of the American dream is shown through the lives of the protagonists. The story is set during the 1920's, ... narrator, Nick stated "[Gatsby] His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people "his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all."" (Fitzgerald 104). Gatsby motivated by his ambitions wrote a series of plans for his self-improvement at the back cover of a book t...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... and cheerfulness about America and Americans has evolved, today adding secular and capitalistic overtures to its propositions, perpetrating a hegemony of class and social privilege. William Fahey in his book F. Scott Fitzgerald and the American Dream, defined the "dream" as it connotes today. For Fahey, this dream involves "a rise from rags to riches, of amassing a great fortune that will assure a life of ... 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...

• Word Count: 7760
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: Undergraduate