... Fitzgerald's real world. Fitzgerald explored many aspects of his own emotions and experiences through the characters he created in The Great Gatsby, specifically Jay Gatsby and his relationship with the woman he devotes his life to pursuing; Daisy Buchanan. Both Fitzgerald, the man, and Gatsby, the character, share in their ambition to achieve the American Dream through the relentless pursuit of a "perfect ... success, the motivation for acquiring their fortune was their love for a woman who represented wealth. In his article, "BOOK AND AUTHOR: Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald", Michael ...

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... women in Fitzgerald's book are somewhat disturbing, sometimes laughable, but more importantly, are indicative of Fitzgerald's view of what the consequences of achieving the American Dream held for Americans. The Great Gatsby is, in some respects, somewhat autobiographical in that Fitzgerald relied on his life experiences to form certain aspects of the novel. Just as Nick moved to New York to pursue ... , white is without color; it is bland and vacant, just like Daisy's and Jordan's interest in life, their personalities and their intelligence. There are a handful of other characters in Th...

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... principles, there are still poverty, discrimination and exploitation. And as for the values and morality, there are also hypocrisy, corruption and suppression. In a way The Great Gatsby" is also a comment on this condition. The Corruption Of The American Dream The American Dream - as it arose in the Colonial period and developed in ... The dream was embodied in the ideal of the self-made man, just as it was embodied in Fitzgerald's own family by his grandfather. The Great Gatsby is a novel about what happened to the American dream in the 1920s, a period when the old values that gave subs...

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