Gatsby's Hopes and Dreams for his Future The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald is recognized in American Literature as one of his greatest achievements. Many of Fitzgerald's works research the Jazz-Age for the single American dream of happiness and wealth (Poupard, Person 146). "Critics concur that The ... doesn't have a chance now to fulfill his most important dream of love with Daisy. "Gatsby, the "mythic" embodiment of the American Dream, is shown to us in all his immature romanticism. His insecure grasp of social and human values, his lack of critical intelligence and self - knowledge, ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... ideals changed as the "image of the American as a boisterous frontiersman, became important to a country seeking to heal its wounds and see itself as a healthy, growing nation" (Adventures in American Literature, 378). As Americans took pride in the fact their nation could survive such a struggle, industrialism continued to grow and people began to make large amounts of money, introducing materialistic values ... his short stories were very popular in magazines. Fitzgerald's fame grew until he died of a heart attack in 1940. Fitzgerald's literary style was that of Realism, a movement in...

• Word Count: 1887
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School