In The Great Gatsby, God seems to abandon America, leaving behind only Dr. ... The eyes insinuate that the ethical and moral decay of characters in The Great Gatsby is due to the overwhelming desire for the American dream to be fulfilled. In this context, Jay Gatsby is the ultimate example of one willing to achieve the American dream by any means necessary, including immoral or unethical behavior. ... Through his portrayal of Jay Gatsby and the decay in human values resulting from the competition for wealth, Fitzgerald effectively illustrates how dreams are easily destroyed when morality and...

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• Grade Level: High School

The setting also is symbiolic of Fritzgerald's satire of 1920s New York lifestyle , most important of all , brings out the themes of American dream , money and romantic love. ... "I've never seen such beautiful shirts before (Daisy)" His parties and house shows the disillusionment of Gatsby , who was corrupted by the American Dream. ... This shows the materialism of the people during 1920s in New York. ... (Tom) "Dollar twenty " (Wilson) " Even though people are poor here , they still believed in the glamour of the American Dream, they believed that if they work hard enough ,...

• Word Count: 1247
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The automobile in The Great Gatsby serves as a metaphor for the effect that the American Dream has on the different classes in society. ... The American Dream and the automobile was what led Myrtle Wilson to her death. ... She left the man she loved because she fell in love with the American Dream, and thought she could attain it through Tom Buchanan. ... Scott Fitzgerald effectively and repeatedly uses the automobile to shape his view of American class and society during the 1920's. Almost a century later, America's materialistic fascination with the automobile continues today. ...

• Word Count: 953
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Nick realizes that just as Gatsby's dream of Daisy was corrupted by money and dishonesty, the American dream of happiness has become a mere pursuit of wealth. This disintegration of the American dream is the main point the film conveys to the viewer. ... He is the most noteworthy character because the breakdown of his dream parallels the breakdown of the American dream. ... Though it takes place in Long Island over a few months during the summer of 1922, "The Great Gatsby- is symbolic of the America of the 1920's as a whole, and in particular the disintegration of the American dr...

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Scott Fitzgerald, one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. ... His novel The Great Gatsby is one of the most popular works in American literature, even though it was a critical and commercial failure at first. ... It explores the themes of social decay, materialism, and idealism, and portrays the Roaring Twenties. ...

• Word Count: 956
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School