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  • Fizgarald's Depiction Of The Corrupt American Dream
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    The Great Gatsby: Forces of Corruption The theme of human corruption, its sources and consequences, is a among writers from Shakespeare through J. D Salinger. Some suggest that it attacks from outside, while others depict corruption occuring from within the individual. In the case if The Great Gatsby and it's protagonist's fate, Fizgerald shows both factors at work. The moral climate of the Roaring Twenties, Daisy Fay Buchanan's pernicious hold on him, and Jay Gatsby's own nature all contribute ...
  • Promise Of The Dream Gatsby
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    Shavaun Swygert Ms. Goe big English June 1, 1998 Color-Symbolism in The Great Gatsby The beauty of F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing is probably nowhere more exhibited than in his handling of the color-symbols in The Great Gatsby. The range of the color-symbols and their complex operations at each stage of action is escaped from the readers. As was researched, the colors represent both the dream and the reality. Nick describes Gatsby: "like an ecstatic patron of recurrent light". (Piper 145) Nick al...
  • Nicks View Of Gatsby
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    How Far Do You Consider Gatsby To Be The Epitome Of The American Dream And Its Failure The Great Gatsby is a book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is set in the nineteen twenties in the unique narrative style which is that he is writing about a fictional character called Nick Carraway writing a book about a man called Jay Gatsby who he feels was a man who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn. Gatsby is a very rich yet contradictory character, He is portrayed throughout t...
  • Gatsbys Dreams Of Happiness And Love
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    The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is central to many novels. This dream is different for different people, but in The Great Gatsby, for Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness. To get this happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream and in order to do this he must have wealth and power. J...
  • Gatsby's Dream
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    Several great authors have used symbolism to enrich their works. As a literary device, symbolism has the power to add depth to a piece of writing. It forces the reader to think and make connections and succeeds in adding a whole new meaning to the experience of reading. In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald has used symbolism in the form of characters, to develop the theme, the corruption of the American Dream. All of the characters in The Great Gatsby are symbolic of different clas...
  • Great Gatsby
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald comments on the lighthearted vivacity and the moral deterioration of the period. It possesses countless references to the contemporary period. The aimlessness and shallowness of the guests, the crazy extravagance of Gatsby's parties, and the indication of Gatsby's connection in the bootlegging business all represent the period and the American setting. But as a piece of social critique, The Great Gatsby also describes the defeat of the American dream, and that the American id...
  • Dream Gatsby
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    Thesis: The pursuit of the American Dream is a dominant theme throughout The Great Gatsby, which is carried out in various ways by F. Scott Fitzgerald, how the author represents this theme through his characters and their actions is one small aspect of it. Fitzgerald's dominant theme in The Great Gatsby focuses on the corruption of the American Dream. By analyzing high society during the 1920's through the eyes of narrator Nick Carraway, the author reveals that the American Dream has transformed...
  • Various Ways Of Corruption
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    Nancy Flores The Effects of Corruption in the American Dream The dictionary defines the word corruption as an impureness that offers or accepts bribes and bad influence (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English pg. 193). Throughout life, people meet various ways of corruption; we can actually see this through the government and its leaders. Corruption is some type of dishonesty and fraud. This type of action affects people in various ways. We see several ways this word is actually...
  • Holding Judgement Against Gatsby
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    Jay Gatsby, the title character of The Great Gatsby, is really not all that the title might suggest. First of all, his real name is James Gate. He changed it in an effort to leave behind his old life as a poor boy and create an entirely new identity. He is also a liar and a criminal, having accumulated his wealth and position by dishonest means. But he is still called 'great,' and in a sense he is. Gatsby is made great by his unfaltering hope, and his determination to live in a perfect world wit...
  • Gatsby's Dream
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    THE GREAT GATSBY research paper BY: CALE STAFFORD This novel is about the American dream or rather the dreams of F. Scott Fitzgerald's. In the novel The Great Gast by notes on the careless and moral deteariation of the twenties. It is clear that fitzgerald has made a relation with his and Gatsby's life. This can be seen in many different ways such as fitzgerald attended Yale college for a wile then went off to be in the army. In The Great Gatsby the character Gatsby went to Oxford then left to g...
  • Nick And Gatsby
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    Benjamin Franklin coined the phrase, "American Dream" during the early infancy of our country, proposing this dream as, "That pursuit of a better existence... [and] a higher quality of life through hard work, determination, and devotion". While this may be what many of the characters in The Great Gatsby believe (Jay Gatsby in particular), one critical ideal is discarded in Fitzgerald's twisted refinement of Franklin's definition: morality. It is apparent that Jay Gatsby achieves his wealth and s...
  • Gatsby's Dream
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    'The Great Gatsby ', besides being a great literary piece, is a metaphor for a whole society, the American society. 'The party was over' (Fitzgerald), which signifies a level of prophetic vision within the American society and its history. An essential part of this American characteristic of the novel, and its historicity, is about the American Dream. At the center of how Gatsby is a metaphor for a whole society, is the relationship between Europe, the already settled, which caused unsatisfactio...
  • Gatsby Leaves Daisy
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    Jay Gatsby: Pure Corruption Embodied The story The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, takes place in the 1920's. It is the story of a man named Jay Gatsby who is on what he sees as a quest to recapture his former love Daisy Fay. Gatsby is a poor man who feels that he can win her back, if he acquires enough material wealth. He sees getting Daisy back as part of finally getting his American Dream. His whole life he has been chasing his American Dream of being happy. He was a corrupt man...
  • Nick's Admiration For Gatsby
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    In, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the story is brought to us through a "flawed" narrator, Nick Carraway. It is through his eyes and ears that we form our opinions of the other characters. This makes the audience blind to any discrimination or bias he might have towards the other characters; so Fitzgerald knowingly tries to establish Nick as a trust worthy source. This is important because our only descriptions of Gatsbys character come from Nick. In The Great Gatsby, Nick goes to some...
  • American Dreams Of The Transcendentalists
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    The American Dream remains viewed as the success which one obtains. The American Dream has had a great impact on literature as well as an impact on the changing of time periods. The 19th century Transcendentalists idea of the American Dream focuses on reaching ones goals by honest, hard work. On the other hand, Gatsbys idea of the American Dream in the 20th century centers on becoming successful by way of illegal money that was not acquired through working. Ultimately, the Transcendental and Gat...
  • Willie's Dream
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    "Dreams are the touchstones of our characters". This quote from Thoreau basically states that the dreams of a character define his or her life, whether it be their characteristics or their lifestyle. This statement is prevalent in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman as well as F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. This inspiring novel and play express this lens through the literary elements of theme and characterization. While each member of the Loman family is living in denial in one way or a...
  • Failure Of American Dream
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    The life in the roaring twenties was the life of parties and social gatherings, full of entertainment, laughter, and simplicity of heart without a care in the world. Like Alfred, Lord Tennyson, wrote, "Dream are true while they last" in The Higher Pantheism, and Tennyson's such thought was evident in the novel The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald's piece can be related to Tennyson's view in that the people of the twenties were living in their dreams -the American dream of success and happiness - wanting...
  • Winter Dreams And The Great Gatsby
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    The Great Gatsby and Winter Dreams Meet Head On "Winter Dreams" and The Great Gatsby have similar male and female character, and setting to illustrate the emphasis of the American Dream. Dexter Green and Jay Gatsby are very comparable in many levels. Not only do these men resemble each other, but Daisy Buchanan and Judy Jones share many personality traits. Besides the characters being similar, the setting and most importantly the weather have much symbolic meaning throughout both stories. Even t...
  • Gatsby's Vision Of The American Dream
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby is full of symbols which occur throughout the novel in order to develop and understand its major themes. Written in the 1920's, Fitzgerald's novel evaluates and examines Gatsby's vision of the American dream. One of the major themes in the novel is the nature of this "American Dream", a fictitious belief that if we become rich we will be successful and happy. Symbols that help to comprehend theme include the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg, the green light, a...
  • Idealism Vs Materialism The Great Gatsby
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    The Great Gatsby – Idealism vs. Materialism The Great Gatsby – Idealism vs. Materialism The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about idealism and the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is different for different people, but in The Great Gatsby, for Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can find happiness. To get this happiness Jay must reach into the past and reli...

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