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This video reflected the American Dream. The ideas of an American Dream were self invention, possibilities, freedom, and opportunities to be a self made person. It also valued hard work. Benjamin Franklin’s, Theodore Dreiser’s, and Scott Fitzgerald’s autobiographies and writings exhibited the American Dream. These influenced the American Dream essentially with money and social status.
Benjamin Franklin told a very optimistic narrative about his life. Benjamin boarded a boat and left Boston, his home town. He traveled to Philadelphia with three pennies. Exhausting his three pennies on three loaves of bread, he was left to his own resources: ingenuity and aspirations. Benjamin became the most successful printer, inventor, and statesman. The inspiration behind this story was that you could make yourself anything you want and no one could tell you different.
Theodore Dreiser also expressed the American Dream through his writings. He used Carrie Meeber, a character in one of his novels, as his …show more content…
In 1924, Fitzgerald wrote “The Great Gatsby”, which he conquered center stage for his creation. Although, he grew up around money, he was not of it. Both Dresier and Fitzgerald thought of themselves as recluses. Hearing about the great things Gatsby offered: the parties, the mansion, and the car, a myth was created; therefore, Gatsby himself developed into a dream. Fitzgerald fabricated Gatsby and made the story much more significant and resonates more loudly. Revealing to us the imagines of a dreamer, Gatsby’s story was viewed through the eyes of other people. Gatsby had all those impressive parties and executed all those remarkable things for his lost love, Daisy Buchanan. He anticipated that one day she would appear and notice his enormous house and various possessions; therefore, realizing that Gatsby was not the chap he used to be. Countless people viewed the American Dream has having
This video reflected the American Dream. The ideas of an American Dream were self invention, possibilities, freedom, and opportunities to be a self made person. It also valued hard work. Benjamin Franklin’s, Theodore Dreiser’s, and Scott Fitzgerald’s autobiographies and writings exhibited the American Dream. These influenced the American Dream essentially with money and social status.
Benjamin Franklin told a very optimistic narrative about his life. Benjamin boarded a boat and left Boston, his home town. He traveled to Philadelphia with three pennies. Exhausting his three pennies on three loaves of bread, he was left to his own resources: ingenuity and aspirations. Benjamin became the most successful printer, inventor, and statesman. The inspiration behind this story was that you could make yourself anything you want and no one could tell you different.
Theodore Dreiser also expressed the American Dream through his writings. He used Carrie Meeber, a character in one of his novels, as his …show more content…
In 1924, Fitzgerald wrote “The Great Gatsby”, which he conquered center stage for his creation. Although, he grew up around money, he was not of it. Both Dresier and Fitzgerald thought of themselves as recluses. Hearing about the great things Gatsby offered: the parties, the mansion, and the car, a myth was created; therefore, Gatsby himself developed into a dream. Fitzgerald fabricated Gatsby and made the story much more significant and resonates more loudly. Revealing to us the imagines of a dreamer, Gatsby’s story was viewed through the eyes of other people. Gatsby had all those impressive parties and executed all those remarkable things for his lost love, Daisy Buchanan. He anticipated that one day she would appear and notice his enormous house and various possessions; therefore, realizing that Gatsby was not the chap he used to be. Countless people viewed the American Dream has having