Since it's invention the "American Dream" has evolved and produced two very different forms, the original being a promise of a land of freedom, with opportunity and equality for all; where hard, honest work is rewarded with spiritual fulfilment and happiness. However since 1900, it has come to be ba...
However, to be considered as such it would have to meet the criteria of being able to explore and deal with important philosophical and moral topics of importance such as: love, class, wealth or death. ... Love One of the first themes we see in the book is love. ... " This leads us to the next theme which is the American dream. The American Dream/ Wealth/ Dreams and Goals Many characters have the American dream in this novel such as Nick Carraway, the narrator throughout the novel, who moves to New York to become a bond salesman in hopes of making his own fortune. ... This theme also ...
Through an examination of themes and plot summary F Scott Fitzgerald reveals how his life directly relates to the story. ... In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway moved to West Egg to work as a bonds salesman. ... It becomes clear that the "death car" was Gatsby's. ... Throughout The Great Gatsby, there are a couple of themes that pull this story together. ... Another theme represented in this story is where you originate defining who you are. ...
Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby in the early 1920's, he used a variety of sources to develop the setting, themes and characters. ... His mother's father was a self made Irish immigrant millionaire, and his father was a salesman who married above his social class and squandered the family fortune (Reynolds 2360). ... The same daisy (yellow within/ white without) relates her to the books many "eggs- and implies that she is not a daisy but a rotten egg because she does not contain the seeds of life but of death (Stark 61). ...
