... de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thick beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby's mansion- (Fitzgerald 9). Gatsby's dream causes him to require only the best. He does not realize that his love for Daisy has caused him to long for money and material wealth, "Gatsby does ... not see that the corruption at the base of his fortune in effect compromises his vision of life with Daisy. You cannot win ... the ideal with the corrupt, and you cannot buy ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... - his Rolls-Royce, swimming pool, beach, crates of lemon and oranges, feast of buffet in a green garden and the live orchestra playing under the blue skies. Abounding among his guest with the amazement of the luxuriant living of Gatsby, were also rumors about the origins of his wealth. One of the guests commented that she had heard that Gatsby was a cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm, the ruler of Germany during World War I. Other guests commented that they ... hope for his cousin to get out of an otherwise unhappy marriage and the superficiality of her life, Gatsby's sheer optimism to win Daisy's...

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... am going to portray the differing opinions of F. Scott Fitzgerald and A. Miller, their portrayals of the American Dream, its risks and dangers. Jay Gatsby represents the flourishing side of the Dream. He seems to show that it is possible to achieve great success from nothing through the examples of his possessions; "I watched the guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while ... feel embarrassed and a failure. Gatsby's dream not unlike Willy's, failed for the reason that he built it up, to be unbelievable. "He had waited five years and bo...

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• Grade Level: High School