The Great Gatsby And The American Dream
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The novel The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald is written in the
United States in a period of great optimism and economic growth. The book
clearly reflects this tendency and depictures the prosperity present in the
American socity in the ninteen-twenties. However, The Great Gatsby also
pre ....
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.... does not experience a
sense of success, only a lack of motivation to go on. To earn the hart of
Daisy thus becomes his only goal and dedication in life. This symbolizes
how Gatsby being frustrated and disillusioned by failing to be satisfied in
his long sought position, tries to escape the American dream in favor of
the soft values in life. Daisy becomes his obsession in life and the
disappointment when he realizes her lack of affection for him is fatal.
By introducing Nick as a narrator, who ....
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