The corruption of the American dream in the 1920's era is shown in The Great Gatsby through symbolism, materialism, and romantic dreams and hopes. ... When Daisy meets jay and they fall in love, he is a lower class man getting ready to head into combat, after he leaves Daisy to go to war she forgets about him and goes to Tom Buchanan only because he can offer her wealth and love. ... The worst case is Gatsby who is under the illusion that his riches can make Daisy love him once again. ... Jay even takes blame for Myrtle's murder, which in turn kills him showing his true love for...

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"Love can sometimes be magic. ... In Slumdog Millionaire, love certainly conquers all. ... So, what does this mean for love? ... This begs the question – is it ever possible to attain the perfect love, or is perfection in love really an illusion? ... In the sixties, people were feeling more freedom to experiment with love - 'the power of love' was propagated by thousands of 'hippies'. ...

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Daisy grew up rich, so her love for Gatsby does not overpower her love of money. ... Fitzgerald also uses the eyes to symbolize the romantic, or unrealistic, notion of the American Dream. ... The lyrics say Mellencamp is "another boring romantic." He had the romantic, dreamlike, illusion of being whatever he wants until he achieves his goal, and only then does he realize that he will always be a small town boy. Mellencamp was also fooled by the romantic notion of the American Dream, and that is why the album is named American Fool. ...

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With World War I going on as he entered, Fitzgerald, convinced that he would die in battle quickly wrote his first novel The Romantic Egoist. ... Still stationed at Camp Sheridan, Fitzgerald's publisher once again rejected the revised edition of The Romantic Egoist that Fitzgerald had so diligently worked on. ... Like Fitzgerald, Gatsby falls in love with a beautiful woman while stationed at a military camp in the south. The two men also spent vast amounts of money to please the women they loved. ... Ginevera King was Fitzgerald's first real love, but her family rejected him, ag...

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We also find out what the green light on the other side of the harbor is, showing that Gatsby is still in love with Daisy, even after all these years. ... This chapter he tells Daisy that he is still in love with her and that he has always loved her. ... In a way, Gatsby's dream of him and Daisy was way more romantic than her actually being with him. Some girls think it is really romantic for a guy to base his whole world around you and what you like. ... In a way though, it might not really make a difference, due to the fact that he has been built up to be a great guy and madly in...

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Scott Fitzgerald's, romantic classic, The Great Gatsby. ... In his pursuit of Daisy he discards his true self and turns himself into a man that he believes will win the affections of his one true love. ... Gatsby immediately fell in love with Daisy's aura of luxury, grace, and charm, and lied to her about his own background in order to convince her that he was good enough for her. ... Even when it is obvious to everyone else that Daisy cannot possibly love him, he remains hopeful that she will call. ...

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Within this bleakness Fitzgerald has chosen to write about Jay Gatsby, a man who symbolizes the American Dream, who has "an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I (Nick) have never found in any other person." ... Daisy's love for him is founded on his money and reputation. ... He loves Daisy and he believes that she"ll make him happy. ... Love doesn't matter. ... He wants us to trust Nick and to believe in the "romantic readiness" he sees in Gatsby. ...

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"If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, he had an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again." ... Gatsby proves to us that his desire in life is to have and keep Daisy's love for himself, and also feels this is the only thing he needs to live. He realizes that the only way to get Daisy's love is to have lots of money and now considers money as a need as well. Th...

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During the war, Fitzgerald wrote the Romantic Egotist which was rejected twice. He also fell in love and became engaged to Zelda Sayre, who left him due to his lack of success. ... Daisy abandons Jay, even though she loves him, because he has no money. ... Tom claims to love Daisy yet he is an adulterer and he makes her life miserable. ... Take chances in life and in love and you will be rewarded. ...

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Instead, it is a form of romantic idealism. ... Unfortunately, Gatsby's faith in love and happy endings is not a realistic one and his dream is ultimately crushed. ... Daisy cannot help but fall short of Gatsby's dream, and so Gatsby is disappointed that the woman he loves does not exist as he imagines her to be. ...

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" Romantic as this may seem, there are consequences that come in its stead. ... Paradoxically, upon re-encountering Daisy, Gatsby begins to covet the time in the past when he and Daisy were in love. ... (Fitzgerald 9) Upon this dismal revelation, Dexter becomes nostalgic of his past and of the romantic idealism that once flourished in "the country of illusion, of youth, of the richness of life....

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However, he remains Gatsby's ally and defends him to the end, just because he admires Gatsby's "extraordinary gift for hope (Page 6)" and "romantic readiness (Page 6)." ... It mirrors the minds of many lovers, torn between self-involvement and love. ... These are all characteristics off love! ... A "man" doesn't fall in love. Therefore, we can recognize Nick's ridiculous admission to love as a valid one, for it would be difficult for most men to agree to love: "I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity." ...

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Throughout the movie, Nick visits Tom and Daisy periodically, and on one of those visits is introduced to Jordan Baker, a woman that he begins a romantic relationship with. ... Tom then asks Gatsby about his intentions for Daisy, and he replies that Daisy loves him, not Tom. ... After watching the battle for her love, Daisy chooses Tom. ... When he met Daisy while training to be an officer in Louisville, he fell in love with hers and was willing to do anything to gain the social position he thought necessary to win her love. ... On the surface "The Great Gatsby- is a story of ill-fated lo...

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Gatsby was a romantic dreamer who wished to fulfill his ideal by gaining wealth in hopes of impressing and eventually winning the heart of the affluent, materialist, superficial Daisy. ... They fell in love unfortunately Daisy was from a different social status. ... Daisy would not leave her social statues for the man she loved. ... There was happiness and torment in the love he shared for Daisy. ... He was persistent in his pursuit of Daisy and his determination to gain her love. ...

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Everything revolves around Daisy; he even "revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes." ... He knows Daisy loves money, wealth, and prestige, and he believes he can use his fortune to win back her affections. ... she cried pointing 'I love it '" (Fitzgerald 95-96) Gatsby brags to Daisy about his wardrobe: "I've got a man in England who buys me clothes. ... The very phrases were worn so threadbare that they evoked no image except that of a turbaned 'character'- (Fitzgerald 70) When asked by the narrator ab...

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There are many examples of how the two establishments are contrasted and that Jay Gatsby and his long lost love, Daisy, can never be together for they are from different establishments. ... The devices create a romantic and heartfelt journey, as Gatsby yearns for Daisy's affection....

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To some, 'happy' could mean having absolutely nothing, but being surrounded by people they love. ... His hope was shaped by love; aspirations of achieving his desires of earning one girl's affection. ... He risked his safety, freedom, and reputation in a desperate attempt to find Daisy, and make her love him. ... In a hopelessly romantic act of desire, he would reach his arms towards the green light that shone on her house's dock. ... He remains in love with Daisy, as he has unrelentingly in the years past. ...

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She betrays the one man who bases his entire life around the love for her; Jay Gatsby. ... For this, and not the love, Daisy and Tom are married. ... Daisy is one of the wealthy, aristocrat, and romantic domineering 'Golden Girls'. ... She is blinded by Tom's costly apparel and appearance that she does not see the love George has for her. George borrows the suit so he can express the substantial love for her; nevertheless, Myrtle turns down his love and betrays it for her passion: Tom. ...

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Nick says about Gatsby, "He has an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again." (2) Jay Gatsby is the rich, majestic protagonist of the novel. ... Daisy was the rich girl that he fell in love with before he joined the service. ... Tom is a yuppy and clearly in the way of Gatsby's love for Daisy. ...

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Gatsby and Tom were arguing and fighting for Daisy's love. ... Tom says, "once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time" (105). ... Daisy absolutely loved and admired the house, as soon as possible; Nick had a thought and questioned Gatsby if he inherited the money. ... The society Gatsby wants to be a part of is based on money and power, not faith and love. ... In one sense, this is a lovely romantic gesture, but in another sense, it perpetuates a childish illusion. ...

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Fitzgerald presents the main character, Jay Gatsby, as a romantic who embodies the American dream. ... Daisy Buchanan is a character who has no love for making money, just having money. ... If he captures reality he would not love her as he does because she is full of unreality also. ... The novel submerges a life long dream of an incredible wealthy man and his love for the most beautiful woman in Alabama. ... Jay Gatsby goes to great lengths to recapture the past by regaining daisy's love. ...

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Even so, the green light leaves the readers with hope that all their dreams can be achieved if they pursue them, characterizing the book as both realist and romantic and thus, thoroughly modern. ... The light becomes, for Gatsby, the symbol of a reunion with Daisy, where he believes he will win her true love. ... The green light at the end of Daisy's dock represents Gatsby's ultimate aspiration, which is to win Daisy's love. ... His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one,"" we see that Gatsby is now realizing the reality that he can not win Daisy's love. In ...

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On the superficial level, The Great Gatsby tells the story of a young middle class man who happens to get mixed up in the chaotic affairs of his wealthy cousin and neighbor. F. Scott Fitzgerald's story of life in the 1920s is much more than it appears to be, though. Even such things as the colors us...

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In the story we get a glimpse into the life of Jay Gatsby, a man who aspired to achieve a position among the American rich to win the heart of his true love, Daisy Fay. ... Fitzgerald perfectly understood the inadequacy of Gatsby's romantic view of wealth. At a young age he met and fell in love with Ginevra King, a Chicago girl who enjoyed the wealth and social position to which Fitzgerald was always drawn. ...

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The wealthy lifestyles of the Buchanans and Miss Jordan have morally corrupted their lives. Money has created boredom for them. Their ways of perceiving life and their altitudes towards other is vain. But each of them shows off their vanity in different ways. Tom Buchanan, for example, believes ...

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