The main themes of the novel are materialism, corruption and The American Dream. ... I am going to show how effective Fitzgerald is at portraying the materialism in the American society throughout his novel "The great Gatsby". ... Daisy is Gatsby's dream - like the American Dream. ... He has had many affairs but Daisy doesn't mention it, this showing their marriage is ruined but they are held together by materialism. ... This shows how the American Dream can never truly make one happy. ...

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In The Great Gatsby, a novel by American author F. ... 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. ... Materialism is a major motive for the characters in the book, Gatsby's library conveys the ridiculous level of materialism present during the 20's. ... American author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel The Great Gatsby, the corruption of the American dream is a major them throughout the book that Fitzgerald shows through symbolism, materialism, and the romantic dreams an...

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Throughout the multiple themes for Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Daisy is used to emphasize the common theme of disillusionment throughout American society in the 1920's. ... This quote exemplifies the disillusionment of American society by exploiting the emotional effects of witnessing excessive wealth. ... The fact that Daisy cries over expensive, flashy shirts further exemplifies her materialism by her want for pleasurable possessions and her internal conflict of constant need for materialistic things.  ... Daisy's actions throughout The Great Gatsby help to highlight the...

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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 ,...

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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. ...

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