Introduction The American dream is interwoven and deeply embedded in every fabric of American life. It has also been the focal point of many novels under the genre of American literature. This dream as I understand it, is associated with rugged individualism, generous enthusiasm and idealism in the pursuit of success, fame, power and glory in their supremely possible ways. It trends from old puritanical American culture ... that there is something different, unraveling and profound that sets Gatsby apart from this rich class- perhaps the fact that he was masking something different from what ...

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