The ashes in the Valley act as a symbol of the death of the American Dream. More specifically, they illustrate society and how what was once a pure and honest vision for success quickly turned into greed and selfishness. Consequently everything in the path of this greed became destroyed and lost. ... Another symbol of great importance is Gatsby's house. ... The Great Gatsby shows us the way people will fall into the hands of money, greed and power and get involved in illegal activities to get where they want and what they want. ...

• Word Count: 1611
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Fitzgerald uses these symbols to represent his true, literary voice. ... In showing this Fitzgerald uses the symbol of a single green light on the tip of daisy's East Egg dock. ... One symbol in witch this is shown is that of the "Eyes of Doctor T. ... The 1920s were a time of great American corruption, greed, materialism and immoral values of the upper and middle class. ... Scott Fitzgerald uses the symbols of: Daisy's Green light, Gatsby's wild parties, and the "Eyes of Doctor T. ...

• Word Count: 619
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Vincent reviewed the movie on the Internet Movie Database and he felt that all the hysteria and exaggeration was to point out the "sickening excesses of a consumption based culture of America during the early 1970s, who's vacuous heart lives in Las Vegas, a symbol of greed and debauchery. The pointlessness of the movie is a metaphor for the pointless pursuit of personal gratification and greed, the true heart of the American Dream ". ... I think that Gilliam used this as a symbol that Duke had finally become what he knew had already happened to the rest of the country. ...

• Word Count: 2206
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School