Fitzgerald used several patterns to develop the theme surrounding the lost dream. One such pattern included the emergence corruption in relation to honesty. We first witness the symbolic aspects of this when we meet Jordan Baker. We learn through Nick that she is a golfer and he further indulges that "at her first big golf tournament there was a row t

Another pattern that is rather distinct is Fitzgerald's suggestion that potential, life and beginnings have also been ruined. Our narrator's last name, Caraway, is a seed, a symbol of life and beginnings. We also learn that Nick is from the West, which is where the dream originated. However, once Nick Caraway moves to the East he is soon caught up in the corruption and destruction associated with the region. Our setting, the Egg Islands, is also symbolic. Contrasting types of people inhabit both islands. The West egg is where Nick and Gatsby live, both former westerners, both familiar with the traditional life, the life associated with the dream. The East egg is where the corrupt reside, like the Buchanans. However, although the West egg is not as deeply corrupt as the East egg, it too does not uphold the whole-idealized dream. This further imbeds the notion that the dream and its rebirth a

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Approximate Word count = 603
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)