The American Dream
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a major theme is the American Dream versus Gatsby’s dream, the ideal dream, and the corruption and destruction of the dream. Fitzgerald reveals that the American Dream was transformed from a pure idea of security into a scheme of materialistic power. Through Gatsby, Fitzgerald showed the perseverance and hope the founding fathers had. Though the American Dream was corrupted, Gatsby’s was not. It was the “foul dust” who were corrupted that ended Gatsby and his dream. Gatsby was living the dream purely, but the corrupted people in his life, like Tom and Daisy Buchanan, destroyed Gatsby’s dream. The American Dream, which arose during the Colonial Period, developed in the 19th century. The dream was based on the assumption that each person, no matter his or her origin, could succeed on the sole basis of his or her own skill and effort. Gatsby lived the dream purely. He had the determination, creativity, inspiration, and the passion to achieve his goal. Even when he was poor, Gatsby saw himself as a rich, sophisticate and successful man. Gatsby’s burning desire for Daisy’s love symbolized the basis of the old dream: the ethereal goal and the never- ending search for t
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Approximate Word count = 974
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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