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The American dream can best be defined as the ability to succeed through determination and sacrifice no matter what background an individual belongs to. During the 1920s, the economy began to prosper and the only essential part of a person’s life was money. Money became such a popular prized possession that Americans believed it would fulfill their definition of pursuit of happiness. People viewed money as a way to solve even the hardest problems in life. Not only that, it brought them happiness which gave them a sense of pride and acceptance into the society. However, many Americans didn’t realize that the money infatuated lifestyle led to the downfall of numerous relationships, the loss of traditional moral values, and most importantly, …show more content…
Individuals were favorable over achieving a high social status lifestyle. In fact, women would feel self-conscious to be married to a poor man. This caused individuals to lose sight of happiness. Married couples viewed one another as inhumane objects. It wasn’t about the relationship and respect for one another, but for using one another to maintain a high social lifestyle. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, several characters such as Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, and Tom Buchanan all represent the American dream. Individuals were too consumed to materialism and used their goal of the American Dream as a way of physical comfort, thus demoralizing spiritual values. During this time period, every American was fighting for their rights; however, nothing seemed to change. Everyone treated each other like objects. Tom and Daisy’s relationship depicts the control the American Dream has provided to individuals. For example, Tom has control over Daisy as how Americans have control over their dreams and objectives. Yet, an individual must be adequately valued in their society to have the authorization to do this. Otherwise, it is considered imprudent to have control over your wife without money and hard work; in other words, no freedom of power is deserved if …show more content…
It depicts how women are possessions to men because of the fact that men can control what women should do. The way it’s formatted with “I want a wife” simply illustrates the desire a man has for a wife as how a child would desire a lollipop. Since the American Dream has affected the way people view certain things as material during the 1920s, this piece demonstrates how even today and during the 1970s-when this piece was written- individuals tend to devalue important aspects or people in their lives. In this criticism, it doesn’t matter how women are treated, what matters is the fact that the man set standards for his wife and they must to nothing but obey the rules made. The man “want(s) a wife who will have the house clean, will prepare a special meal… and not interrupt when I[he] talk about things that interest me[him] and my[his] friends” (Brady Paragraph 6) which makes it obvious that he has the ability to their wives easily control his wife. Men are benefited by their wives since they don’t have to worry about many important duties. This brings the happiness to men because they have fewer responsibilities to worry about. Both happiness and control is represented in this passage. However, this does bring false happiness into a woman’s life because they have no freedom and have their lives controlled by someone else. Similar to how Daisy feels
The American dream can best be defined as the ability to succeed through determination and sacrifice no matter what background an individual belongs to. During the 1920s, the economy began to prosper and the only essential part of a person’s life was money. Money became such a popular prized possession that Americans believed it would fulfill their definition of pursuit of happiness. People viewed money as a way to solve even the hardest problems in life. Not only that, it brought them happiness which gave them a sense of pride and acceptance into the society. However, many Americans didn’t realize that the money infatuated lifestyle led to the downfall of numerous relationships, the loss of traditional moral values, and most importantly, …show more content…
Individuals were favorable over achieving a high social status lifestyle. In fact, women would feel self-conscious to be married to a poor man. This caused individuals to lose sight of happiness. Married couples viewed one another as inhumane objects. It wasn’t about the relationship and respect for one another, but for using one another to maintain a high social lifestyle. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, several characters such as Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, and Tom Buchanan all represent the American dream. Individuals were too consumed to materialism and used their goal of the American Dream as a way of physical comfort, thus demoralizing spiritual values. During this time period, every American was fighting for their rights; however, nothing seemed to change. Everyone treated each other like objects. Tom and Daisy’s relationship depicts the control the American Dream has provided to individuals. For example, Tom has control over Daisy as how Americans have control over their dreams and objectives. Yet, an individual must be adequately valued in their society to have the authorization to do this. Otherwise, it is considered imprudent to have control over your wife without money and hard work; in other words, no freedom of power is deserved if …show more content…
It depicts how women are possessions to men because of the fact that men can control what women should do. The way it’s formatted with “I want a wife” simply illustrates the desire a man has for a wife as how a child would desire a lollipop. Since the American Dream has affected the way people view certain things as material during the 1920s, this piece demonstrates how even today and during the 1970s-when this piece was written- individuals tend to devalue important aspects or people in their lives. In this criticism, it doesn’t matter how women are treated, what matters is the fact that the man set standards for his wife and they must to nothing but obey the rules made. The man “want(s) a wife who will have the house clean, will prepare a special meal… and not interrupt when I[he] talk about things that interest me[him] and my[his] friends” (Brady Paragraph 6) which makes it obvious that he has the ability to their wives easily control his wife. Men are benefited by their wives since they don’t have to worry about many important duties. This brings the happiness to men because they have fewer responsibilities to worry about. Both happiness and control is represented in this passage. However, this does bring false happiness into a woman’s life because they have no freedom and have their lives controlled by someone else. Similar to how Daisy feels