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The American dream<\/p>\n
Fitzgerald\u2019s view of the American exhibits the death of the American Dream. The novel endeavors to give a glimpse of the affluent life of the high class people in the twenties as observable from the life of a moralistic young man called Nick Carraway. Out of the narrator\u2019s dealings with the high placed society, the audience can note the alteration in the modern values and their consequential changing of the eventual American Dream. The American Dream is highly notable in terms of the materialism, power, and additionally the absence of the morality in the high society. In back.ing of his view, Fitzgerald avails his initial picture of the American dream and also presents its modern version. The Great Gatsby indication of the American dream notes the perseverance and hope as the main qualities others include the idea of success contrary to all odds (Fitzgerald, 100-111). <\/p>\n
Life of the James Gatz fully outlines this literal picture as endure all odds to become a real American hero. Through his youthfulness Gatz sticks to his ambition of becoming a great man but intense hard work and industriousness. Furthermore, traits of James are observable from his interaction through romantic life with Hopalong Cassidy. Mr. Gatz confesses to Nick “Jimmy was bound to get ahead. He always had some resolves like this or something. Do you notice what he’s got about improving his mind? He was always great for that” as he was showing him the journal (Fitzgerald, 175). James Gatz interaction with the American dream further is witnessed from a perception that his program especially for self-improvement emanated from Ben Franklin’s Autobiography, stringently from the tiny details.<\/p>\n
Notably, from the illustrations the audience notes the hardworking trait and the urge for adventure. James Gatz’s headwork wins his admiration with other characters in the novel for instance, Jay Gatsby, who creates the true picture of the American dream which is the eternal hope. F. Scott Fitzgerald notes that wealth, lack of humanity and privilege are the main cause of the fall of the American dream and money is constantly used as the medium of undertaking the dealings that prompts the death of the American dream. Money effortlessly combines hope and success to eradicate the apparent position of American dream and even replace with materialism. Gatsby successful applies illegal dealings to acquire money which he spends in affluent life: large mansion, lavish parties, conspicuous collection of clothing which ultimately exhibits extends of corruption in his dealings (Fitzgerald, 144-5).<\/p>\n
He does his business virtually above the law as from the novel, the traffic police fails to undertake consequential repercussions on him due to his established authority. Deplorable qualities of the American dream is notable from the life of Tom and Daisy Buchanan, whose lives are characterized by the absence of the any hope and full of regrets as the cornerstone of the character is majorly money and wealth. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made\u2026” (Fitzgerald, 180-181) are the Nick\u2019s descriptions of Buchanan. Buchanan is careless; for instance, he exhibits lack of regret when he learns of Gatsby\u2019s death he only responds, “I told him the truth\u2026What If I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him” (Fitzgerald, 187) and even confesses that he is responsible for the death of Gatsby and the suicide by Wilson but he perpetually continues to feel innocent because he has never felt shame as he is a member an established social elite. The upper class category consists of the heartless citizenry who have amassed wealth through dehumanization or trading their souls.<\/p>\n
Works cited<\/p>\n
Fitzgerald, F S. The Great Gatsby. , 2012. Print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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