... interest in material quests, rather than friendship. This quest for material items reigns supreme over any type of possible compassion or regard for others. This ultimately shows a concern for one's own advancement that far succeeds any concern for the well-being of others. The poor turnout at Gatsby's funeral represents one of the final, most disturbing acts of disregard in the ... . This represents another instance where one uses another person's resources to acquire material needs. In the quest for money or power, people frequently attempt to manipulate others to reach their own goals...

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... Jay Gatsby, the namesake of Fitzgerald's novel, is a prime example of such expectations. Throughout his entire life, he holds true to himself and his own dreams; he goes to great lengths in an impressive attempt to reach them. However, the always elusive American Dream posses staggering powers of evasion; slipping through ... the will to continue on even when the situation may seem pointless. Indeed, it is a society's hope or lack thereof that will ultimately determine its own outcome. In the roaring twenties, people had gratuitous amounts of hope. However, this hope was as hollow as the ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... predominate one focuses on the death of the American Dream that had become the main aim for Americans in the 1920s. The basis of this dream is that through your own decency and hard work, you can become rich and live a comfortable life. From the beginning of this novel, however, we see the contradiction of this dream, with Nick moving from ... West to East. Most people at this time moved in the opposite direction, hoping to find new fertile lands for them to lay their seed of ambition and watch it grow into ripe returns, and a harvest that they can live off for the rest of their lives. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Tom Buchanan as the old money, and Jordan Baker as the reckless, detached modern woman. The hero, Jay Gatsby, is a Midwesterner-turned-Easterner, whose ambition is fueled by the desire to be reunited with his long lost love. His quest for the American dream leads him from poverty to wealth; he ... in his novels are based on people from his life. Within the character of Jay Gatsby we can see the dueling parts of Fitzgerald's own personality. Gatsby and Fitzgerald are alike by both being self-made men who have achieved their financial success for the love of a woman. Gatsby ... a bunch of...

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• Grade Level: High School

... portrays him as weak and foolish. Then again because not many people know Gatsby well enough, that is all the knowledge of him they have. In actuality, Gatsby made his own fortune. And the background of it is he needed the money more than he wanted it. Money is something that has always been in Gatsby's life, whether or not he ... idea of green impacts Gatsby's life extraordinarily. It is the color that drives all his hopes and dreams. Whether or not those hopes and dreams came true, he had the ambition to aspire them. The novel in its entirety is wrapped around this idea that Gatsby wa...

• Word Count: 1317
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School