In Fitzgerald's novel the most common dream was wealth, power, and social status. ... Strong social class lines were drawn during this era and more often then not people of lower status believed that their ills and perils would be relived if they had the opportunity to reach higher social status. ... y of the social elite of the 20s and even possibly today, would say other wise, money cannot buy true happiness. ... The social elite in this era seemed to be more then willing to sacrifice morality in order to gain more wealth. ... The people who had the wealth appeared to live precociously,...

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Gatsby feels the need to be successful and wealthy, and his participation in a bootlegging operation allows him to acquire the wealth and social status needed to attract Daisy. ... Fitzgerald uses wealth and social status to define Gatsby's character, which is exemplified by his lavish parties and the dignitaries who attend them. ... Fitzgerald uses this quote to mark the point at which Gatsby encounters wealth and power for the first time, and also, he uses it to symbolize Gatsby's social standing and economic status. ... Gatsby dreams of one day reuniting with Daisy and reca...

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Through the status that wealth is associated with, he can live the lavish life he feels is necessary to win the love of Daisy. ... Generally, when people get married it is because they love one another, but in The Great Gatsby, the upper class' weddings are mainly for social purposes. ... It is obvious that they are not truly in love but they are married because their social standings make them perfect for one another. ... Success is often measured by how much you have worked in your life, this also represents status. Daisy's status is high, one of a wealthy woman, but she has no...

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Vile Bodies reinforces this gap, present in the Great Gatsby through this imagery, and highlights what was a key social issue during the 1920s, and is still noticeable today. ... " Through this, Fitzgerald suggests that society was all about status. ... In Vile Bodies, love is also something that has gradually been corrupted by wealth and status. ... The quick transition between partners shows how the wealthy were only concerned with their own wealth and status. ... Taylor writes how Vile Bodies shows "the perils of involvement with people beyond one's social and moral...

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Following the recession of 1921-1922, the nations economy grew spectacularly, which led a new age of consumerism and materialism as one newspaper announced, "The first responsibility of an American to his country is no longer that of a citizen, but of a consumer. " During the 1920's the perception of the American Dream was that an individual could achieve success in life regardless of family history or social status if they only work hard enough, yet the families with old wealth belittled those with new wealth who rose to riches and this created a large social class division. ... These ...

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Tom believes that a man's life is about having a rich wife and an excellent status in society. ... He is capable of going over people, such as Gatsby, in order to maintain his status. ... He wants to keep his marriage because he is married to a wife who gives him a better social status, but at the same time, he cheats on her and does not even keep it hidden from her. ... Tom is more preoccupied with his status in society since he is an adult. ... Tom is considered part of the old aristocracy, and he possesses superiority, elegance, high social status and a "blue blood." ...

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Gatsby becomes infatuated with Daisy Buchanan's aura of wealth and status when first introduced to her in 1917. ... While his ultimate goal is Daisy, Gatsby is also determined to acquire wealth and status because those are Daisy's characteristics that truly intrigue him. ... As a means to raise his status throughout Long Island, Gatsby throws lavish, weekly parties in which "people [are] not invited "they [go]- (45). ... At that point, Gatsby will too have risen to a high enough social ranking that Daisy will not feel out of place with him. ... Gatsby chases Daisy and wi...

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His obsession with Daisy, and the fact that he believes that she left him because of his lower-class status, make him an ultimately mysterious man. ... In addition, they are both extremely insecure about their social status. ... Ultimately all parties in this novel are injured in some way by their unrestrained (because of their financial and social status) pursuit of dreams. ...

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Gatsby with his the newly rich status is gaudy, ostentatious, and lacking in social graces and taste. He lives in a showy and ornate mansion, wears a pink suit, drives a flashy Rolls-Royce, and does not pick up on subtle social signals, such as the insincerity of the Sloanes' invitation to lunch. ... In the 1920s depicted in the novel, however, easy money and relaxed social values corrupted this dream, especially on the East Coast. Gatsby's dream of loving Daisy is ruined by the difference in their individual social statuses, and forces him to take to crime in order to make enough mo...

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Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. ... Her dream of riches and of belonging to a social elite blinded her from the chance that perhaps she could have tried to make her marriage with George work and hence achieve happiness and was, in fact, this very dream that resulted in her downfall. ... However, unlike Myrtle, George does not wish to join Tom's social class. ... Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald shows the collapse of dreams, whether they are dreams of money, status, or simply of happiness. ...

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Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. ... Her dream of riches and of belonging to a social elite blinded her from the chance that perhaps she could have tried to make her marriage with George work and hence achieve happiness and was, in fact, this very dream that resulted in her downfall. ... However, unlike Myrtle, George does not wish to join Tom's social class. ... Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald shows the collapse of dreams, whether they are dreams of money, status, or simply of happiness. ...

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Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. ... Her dream of riches and of belonging to a social elite blinded her from the chance that perhaps she could have tried to make her marriage with George work and hence achieve happiness and was, in fact, this very dream that resulted in her downfall. ... However, unlike Myrtle, George does not wish to join Tom's social class. ... Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald shows the collapse of dreams, whether they are dreams of money, status, or simply of happiness. ...

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Fitzgerald, as a member of "the lost generation", publish his The Great Gatsby in 1925 and confirmed his status as a chronicler and poet laureate in the jazz age. ... However, what makes Fitzgerald great is by no means the "author's voice" in the work, but his marvelous wit to symbolically fuse the individual with the outer-world and the personal emotions with social environment. ... House is the symbol of material wealth and individual status, however, Gatsby's house which was "a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville" suggests that Gatsby, the man who had achieved instant richnes...

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In this novel Fitzgerald fortunately uses location to differentiate social statuses among his characters while the weather and seasons of those locations help guide the characters and the direction of this novel. ... They have no respect for any other members of other social classes. ... This place represents the socially rejected. ... Creating this boundary no other social or economic member can cross. ... Political, geography, and social stratification. ...

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Automobiles became the symbol of status, the thing everyone needed to have. ... But what seemed to be overlooked was the reality of social class divisions. ... He believes that money is the key to unlocking the door to a higher social standing in the upper class East Egg, and ultimately, to the object of his dream, Daisy Buchanan. ... Gatsby does not believe in social boundaries. ... But the social boundaries get in the way, and Daisy would rather keep the prestige of old money. ...

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On the other hand, in reality the pursuit of wealth and materialism along with relaxed social standards have spoiled this dream. ... In addition, Gatsby's dream of winning Daisy is spoilt by the difference in their respective social statuses, and the uncontrollable growth of materialism that characterizes Daisy's lifestyle, as she is always impressed by wealth and valuable possessions such as when Daisy sees Gatsby's enormous house and she is very thrilled and amazed by this, as she says, "That huge place there?"... On the contrary, the reality was that the 1920s was actually an...

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Various types of changes explored in the text include environmental changes, social changes, physical changes, intellectual changes, relationship changes and attitudinal changes. ... His participation in a bootlegging operation allows him to acquire the wealth and social status needed to attract her. ... These assumptions changed to a certain extent as when he was alive he was the talk to his parties, but after his death, his status diminished to an extent where people didn't even attend his funeral. ...

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The philosophy that anyone can be successful influences the hope for endless riches and success in every American in the early 19th century, a major theme that shapes Jay Gatsby's desire for wealth and to be included in the exclusive high social class. ... Beyond how Gatsby obtained his wealth lies the topic behind wealth, the division of social classes. Many have believed that America did not live under social classes. The truth is that there was indeed an obvious sign of social classes that emerged during the 1920s. ... This symbolizes how much Gatsby wanted to be and his dreams in lif...

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Gatsby believed that he needed to reach the highest level of the social hierarchy by constructing a new image for himself. However, even when this plan had just been formulated, his methods of using money and relationships to gain social status would prove ineffective. ... Social class was all that mattered to Gatsby and the relationship he had with his parents suffered because of it. ... By using marxist and feminist lenses to view the Great Gatsby, the social hierarchy of the 1920's is shown to lure characters into its depths by using paper money, an addictive material rivaling that of ...

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Nick is extremely honest and does not seem to fit into the social circle which he is being pulled into. ... Love is rare in the higher social circles and marriage is usually based on reputation and wealth. ... Money and status are only part of the plan to win back Daisy. ...

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Throughout literary history, critics have discussed the greatest authors of all time. C.S. Lewis, Edgar Allen Poe, and Harper Lee are noteworthy to mention but so are F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. Crowned as two of the most iconic American authors, Fitzgerald and Hemingway were rivals du...

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The Great Gatsby - The American DreamThe Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to capture its illusionary goals. This is a common them central to many novels. This dream has varying significances for different...

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Post war, Gatsby dedicated his time attempting to climb the social ladder by creating a fortune for himself. ... (Class Lecture Notes) Tom's world revolved around his money, polo games, social status, and mistresses. ...

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Jordan Baker's character is shaped not so much around money, but the issue of social standing. ... It would be fair to say that money is important to Jordan, since her life revolves in circles where one's social standing is determined by his wealth. ... When introduced to Daisy and Tom Buchanan, the first thing that the reader learns about them is their financial status: His [Tom Buchanan's] family were enormously wealthy - even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach - but now he"d left Chicago and come east in a fashion that rather took your breath away: fo...

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Gatsby's life is much like the American Dream, in that, America in the 1920s had become a place where nothing could be attained and attempting to transcend ones social status was futile. ... Though Gatsby is fabulously wealthy, he is still regarded as socially inferior as part of the nouveau riche West Egg. ...

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