Gatsby
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, an exemplary example of how the thirst for power and money taints something as simple as a dream. The whole novel is an exploration of a simple man and his simple dream that soon twists itself into something much more complex and even more sinister. The novel takes place in the 1920's. It was a time of decline for regular human ethics and corruption of moral values in the United States and many other countries across the world. World War I had just ended and people were reveling in the riches and materialism that came with the end of it. New mass companies produced commodities such as motorcars and radios, both which were filling people's driveways and houses, money was much more accessible (Before the Great Depression). Cars were becoming a social symbol as we can see with Gatsby's five cars, one of which he gives to Nick and another that kills Myrtle Wilson later in the novel. Herbert Hoover (an American President) once said, "We will root out poverty and put two cars in every garage." (Press Speech, 1925) Jay Gatsby, the protagonist of the novel, is a poor young man in the army. While in the army, he meets a shallow wealthy "golden girl". They start to see each other, one nigh
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Approximate Word count = 1177
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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