In The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald, emphasizes the idea of the American Dream being dead, by the symbols of the green light, and Gatsby’s success with his car and house. Fitzgerald wrote this story in 1925, so the characteristics of the 20s are present. There are many different symbols in this story, dealing with Gatsby and the American Dream. Uniquely, one being the flashing green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. Correspondingly, Gatsby finds hope when he looks out to see this light. In the hope that their relationship will be rekindled, in the beginning of the story Gatsby has comfort, seeing the light knowing Daisy is there. Gatsby’s success is also fantasized in this story. Wealth in the 1920s relates to the concept of the
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Education levels were changing, a wider variety of people were getting educated. The number of students in high school doubled. More people were going to college after high school. So the moral standards of society completely changed. This is to say, people moved from West to the higher class East. Comparable to in The Great Gatsby, the topic of the West and East Eggs being new and old money. Towns around New York had poor workers, in the story that would be the Wilsons. New York commuters or office workers, who would be Nick. The new rich people in the West Egg, relates to Gatsby himself. Lastly, in the story the established rich people, representing Tom, Daisy, and Jordan. By all means Gatsby’s car is a symbol in this story representing recklessness, wealth, destruction, carelessness, and material excess. Identically these symbols also represent Gatsby, who is so obsessed with getting Daisy to love him, he is blinded to reality. Society has always been like this not just in the 1920s. When one falls in love, they cannot see what else is going on in the world besides their relationship. Cannot see the truth, or reality of the world. Moreover, there is times that the partner is the one lying to them making the world even more
Education levels were changing, a wider variety of people were getting educated. The number of students in high school doubled. More people were going to college after high school. So the moral standards of society completely changed. This is to say, people moved from West to the higher class East. Comparable to in The Great Gatsby, the topic of the West and East Eggs being new and old money. Towns around New York had poor workers, in the story that would be the Wilsons. New York commuters or office workers, who would be Nick. The new rich people in the West Egg, relates to Gatsby himself. Lastly, in the story the established rich people, representing Tom, Daisy, and Jordan. By all means Gatsby’s car is a symbol in this story representing recklessness, wealth, destruction, carelessness, and material excess. Identically these symbols also represent Gatsby, who is so obsessed with getting Daisy to love him, he is blinded to reality. Society has always been like this not just in the 1920s. When one falls in love, they cannot see what else is going on in the world besides their relationship. Cannot see the truth, or reality of the world. Moreover, there is times that the partner is the one lying to them making the world even more