The American Dream: Selfish pleasure vs. Materialism
In fitzgerald’s novel, “The Great Gatsby” the american dream is based upon the character’s desire for materialistic possessions and selfish pleasures. In 1920, the idea of the American Dream was one may reach success regardless of their ethnic background, or social status as long as one was willing to thrive for ultimate success.The theme of the story can be categorized as class, although it is rare to find in an novel of america. Both East and West egg are divided by class structure in which gatsby figured that displaying his prodigal taste in clothing and claiming to be a man of Oxford. World War 1 was an unavoidable factor of the roaring twenties, since gatsby’s time in the service sculpted who he was after returning to East Egg, which enabled him tour the world make himself a millionaire. Religion and Honesty influenced the theme of the story in which honesty did not imply of the character was sympathetic or not such as nick’s admiration for gatsby although he is a man proposed …show more content…
Green, which represents Gatsby’s desire for Daisy, he despises her for the lifestyle she’s chosen, and for not waiting for him. As Gatsby moves in closer to Daisy, her” green light “ no longer blazes. Blue, which represents illusory,for example, in the third chapter gatsby has large parties in his “blue gardens where men and women came and went like moths”. The color blue has significance to gatsby as well such as his chauffeur's uniform, the dress gatsby gives to his party guest when her dress tears, the first sports jacket he receives when he began working for dan cody. The color yellow appears quite frequent throughout the chapters when there is a presence of decadence, evil or corruption. Gatsby’s car is yellow, the same car that killed myrtle. There is a unfavorable symbol or yellow in a sense that something bad is going to
In fitzgerald’s novel, “The Great Gatsby” the american dream is based upon the character’s desire for materialistic possessions and selfish pleasures. In 1920, the idea of the American Dream was one may reach success regardless of their ethnic background, or social status as long as one was willing to thrive for ultimate success.The theme of the story can be categorized as class, although it is rare to find in an novel of america. Both East and West egg are divided by class structure in which gatsby figured that displaying his prodigal taste in clothing and claiming to be a man of Oxford. World War 1 was an unavoidable factor of the roaring twenties, since gatsby’s time in the service sculpted who he was after returning to East Egg, which enabled him tour the world make himself a millionaire. Religion and Honesty influenced the theme of the story in which honesty did not imply of the character was sympathetic or not such as nick’s admiration for gatsby although he is a man proposed …show more content…
Green, which represents Gatsby’s desire for Daisy, he despises her for the lifestyle she’s chosen, and for not waiting for him. As Gatsby moves in closer to Daisy, her” green light “ no longer blazes. Blue, which represents illusory,for example, in the third chapter gatsby has large parties in his “blue gardens where men and women came and went like moths”. The color blue has significance to gatsby as well such as his chauffeur's uniform, the dress gatsby gives to his party guest when her dress tears, the first sports jacket he receives when he began working for dan cody. The color yellow appears quite frequent throughout the chapters when there is a presence of decadence, evil or corruption. Gatsby’s car is yellow, the same car that killed myrtle. There is a unfavorable symbol or yellow in a sense that something bad is going to