Examples Of Misrepresentation In The Great Gatsby

A misrepresentation of a powerful message “The American Dream”, this saying can be heard anywhere across the country. It is used for books, films, articles, classrooms, speeches, and many more. To most people it means anyone can have all hopes and dreams fulfilled in America. Anyone can experience true joy and the power of money. Although this statement is both powerful and motivational, very few will achieve it. F. Scott Fitzgerald believed that the dream could not be fulfilled by anyone. To him only a person with old money could have “The American Dream”. He wrote “The Great Gatsby” to portray his beliefs towards the dream. The book became widely known and two films were made to visually express his message. As expected the main message was misrepresented in the film from the book. These misrepresentations altered the message F. Scott Fitzgerald was expressing. In the early 1900s, numerous citizens of America became expatriates and moved to different countries. They didn’t support how the country was politically and ethically un-just; F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of them. While out of the country he spent his time in Paris and wrote this well-known novel. …show more content…
He hoped that one-day a woman from his past named Daisy would attend. Gatsby worked as a successful bootlegger and gained a wealthy tittle. However Daisy and her husband’s family both had a wealthy amount of money passed down the generation line. While Gatsby was indeed wealthy he could never be equal to someone who had old money. Gatsby could not see this rather he imagined a perfect life with Daisy. He once responded to his neighbor named Nick,” Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!” (Fitzgerald 110). He would often look out onto the docs at “The green light”. The light was actually coming from Daisy’s doc. It represented his jealousy for not having her. Daisy was his American