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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• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald is a novel that illustrates American Culture in the 1920's. ... Fitzgerald uses the " Valley of Ashes" to portray, the corruptiveness of wealth, it leads to a life of materialism and purposeless spending and ends in, the ugliness of the "Valley of Ashes", a symbol of wasted life and wasted land. ... Fitzgerald ultimately wants to display the "foul dust" or the carelessness of American societyin the 1920's in the pursuit of wealth and indulging themselves even if it meant destroying land and even people. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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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Materialism has corrupted the citizens of East and West Egg because they center everything on money. ... However, the most important colour in this book, green, "is the colour" of hope and the American dream Gatsby hopes to attain with money. ...

• Word Count: 550
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School