Loss Of The American Dream In The Great Gatsby

In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates, through the downfall of Jay Gatsby, that the American Dream can be a false promise.

A Gloomy Look on the American Dream: Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Opportunity is the deciding factor to whether the American dream is attainable for many individuals. This world is not always fair, and opportunities are not spread equally, so how could the American dream possibly be achievable for everyone? Gatsby, the main character in the novel, The Great Gatsby, is on a quest for the American Dream. The “American Dream” in the 1920's, was to start from the bottom and work up to wealth. Gatsby had left the wealthy, pure Daisy many years ago and is attempting to win her back, to bring him closer to wealth.

No matter who he or she is, everyone has the opportunity of living the American dream of success, freedom, and happiness if they work hard enough. However, the way to obtain such dream is different for every person. Each individual's social class, beliefs, and views in life determine the way they will achieve the American dream. Sometimes the way a person goes about obtaining their dream does more harm than good.

First off, one character in the novel best represents not being able to reach the American Dream, due to doing things for the wrong reasons. To start off, Gatsby seems like the guy who has all the money, the guy who you

“No social system in any country will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.” (Clement R. Attlee). Clement R. Attlee explains the American Dream wasn’t about being smart or creating innovations it was having luxuries that they wouldn’t believe they would own it. In the 1920s, the main phase of Americans in society was the belief of the American Dream of living life to the fullest and up to their highest expectations, but F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the Americans go to far off dreaming and doesn’t realized it till it ruins their lives. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is the character most accountable for his own death,which shows pursing the impractical can

The books important theme is the Decline of the American Dream since throughout the story, the main characters had an American Dream. Gatsby was in love with a woman, Daisy and throughout the story he was trying to get her. Fitzgerald portrays the 1920s as an era of spoiled social and moral values. They had evidence of greed, and empty pursuit of pleasure. They had an abundant of glamorous parties and it was also an era of wild Jazz music. Gatsby threw parties every Saturday night where people drank, partied and just had a good time. Gatsby threw these parties to get noticed by his true love Daisy. Gatsby perfected his image of Daisy. He thought she was perfect and tried everything to get her love. Gatsby couldn't get Daisy since she was married to Tom therefore he couldn't achieve his American Dream

Aims, goals, and aspirations are considered the driving force in human life. Pursuing one’s dreams and accomplishing them is an astonishing feat that is only dared to be carried out by some. The American dream is still a major source of inspiration for the fledglings which still have their hopes in the air without worry. Despite this, lack of hope in the American dream is a snowball that increases exponentially in size as it rolls down a mountain, as it is portrayed in the American classic, The Great Gatsby. The American dream is demonstrated as a corrupted ideal which in turn ruins the lives of those who chase it as they are blinded by promises of having a high social status, oceans of riches, and their morals then become twisted as a result. While the book may have seemed as just a simple tragic tale, it delves deep into this concept of the dream and explores various parts of the bottomless abyss.

The American Dream can be defined as a person's ability to attain success regardless of their cultural background, gender, nationality, or social class. The American Dream creates a narrow mindset in society that ignores the effects of racism and income inequality. The fact that all the upper-class people possess a lot of wealth does not mean that they are the same. People have got different behaviors and it depends upon upbringing in the society. Morality is essential in life and no one should be underrated in life. The 1920s was a tumultuous time in America because of increased immigration, changes in the roles of the women in the society such as voting rights for women, and eventually greater income inequality. America was also in an economic boom which bolstered the belief that anyone could be rich. The Great Gatsby was written in 1925, but it tries to describe the fantasies experienced in 1920. Novels written during that time tended to emphasis the American dream. Fitzgerald tries to criticize the idea that America is a true meritocracy, where any individual can get rich by working hard. This conceptual paper explores the flawed nature of the American Dream as evidenced by two characters that are Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby.

The time of the Roaring Twenties is known as a rambunctious time in America where the nation was celebrating the end of World War I. Many were striving to achieve the typical American dream of having a nice house to raise a family, a stable job and the ability to travel. With the help of the credit card and new advertisements being shown on television and radios, many achieved this dream by spending money on things that were advertised to them. Even though most men had a job that supported their growing family and paid their house payments, many were still quite unhappy. Despite the appearance of having a glamorous and wonderful life, they struggled to find true happiness. The reality of the American dream was a poor one. Everyone had

The American dream is just a dream which can’t be implemented in the real world. While writing The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald described the actions of the human society by critiquing the high class and low class ultimately providing his view towards the American dream in 1920s. Throughout the book; “The Great Gatsby”, American dream is shown to be a corrupted dream that leads to destruction. Myrtle, Gatsby, and Daisy are 3 main characters who have significantly shown to be corrupted and destroyed by this dream.

On the contrary, Jay Gatsby, remarkably known as the “Great Gatsby” similarly to the “Great Houdini”, the master of illusion, which emphasizes the mystery and deception behind his character, built his life on lying, cheating, and reliance on the “drug business” to maintain his wealth (Fitzgerald). Unlike Tom and Daisy, Gatsby acquired his wealth on his own, but nonetheless all three of their wealth are artificial. What makes this novel a true classic is the way the American Dream, which to this day continues to be sought after, is portrayed as a figment of the imagination. Tom’s, Daisy’s, and Gatsby’s success were all superficial, on one hand you have Tom and

Fitzgerald explores the decline of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby. Although this book only takes place over a few months, it represents the entire time period of the 1920s, in which society, mainly in the East, sees the decline of the American Dream. What once was the idea of hard work and accomplishment becomes an abandoned idea and pathetic hopefulness. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses characters to express the theme the decline of the American dream.

The Great Gatsby is a wonderful novel that shows different lifestyles in an exciting way. Throughout the novel the author Fitzgerald shows different perspectives of the American dream. The theme of the American dream shapes the narrative, on one side you have the majority of people who want to get rich and live an extravagant materialistic life. These people want to be noticed by everyone. Then there are other people who just want to be happy and do not care about all of the unneeded objects in life. These two ideas play a key role in the novel and are portrayed throughout.

1920’s America, a roaring capitalistic playground full of large personalities, large wallets, and large egos. The Great Gatsby encapsulates this perfectly with it’s cast of larger than life characters and this scene allows for a critical judgment on the merits of Americanised capitalism and the flaws it holds. F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby mirrors the rise and decline of the American Dream and the flaws that exist within it by using Jay Gatsby and the characters he relates with as a symbolic representation of factors leading to the depression and the repercussions felt.

The Roaring Twenties were a time of booming economic growth in America. Newfound wealth flowing into the nation’s market provided a stream of chances for impoverished people to achieve the American Dream. This gave many people the impression that social mobility was not only possible, but prevalent and that lower class and upper class could merge together in unison. In the novel The Great Gatsby by renowned American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, protagonist Jay Gatsby is used to show the impossibilities in attempting to rise through the social structure by his incapability of blending in with upper class patricians. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby highlights the popular misconceptions during the 1920’s Era America that a rise in social mobility and new opportunities for lower class citizens to achieve the American Dream were commonplace, contrary to the reality of a rigid social system that allowed for little rise in status.