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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby showcased the ideology behind the American Dream in the 1920s and the ways in which that dream was corrupt, flawed, and would inevitably fall apart. In varied cases, that dream crumbled to ash before it was ever reached; sometimes it was snatched away in mere seconds, and sometimes that dream was a ruse behind which cowards hid. In this book Gatsby, Wilson, and Daisy are examples of people with failed or corrupt American Dreams. They all reached for…

The Valley of Ashes: An American Trap In F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, The Great Gatsby, Gatsby tries to reach his goal of getting back together with Daisy, but is unsuccessful. Other characters such as George Wilson and Myrtle Wilson are also unsuccessful in their quest for the American Dream. In Fitzgerald 's novel, The American Dream is an important theme challenging the values and truths of the American society. However, they all struggle with reaching their dreams and all end up dead. One…

thirteen year old, this can be very hard. For example, her father does not live with her and she always thinks about him. Matilda has to deal with the idea of a war going on. When you are this young and at any age, war is a scary thing. Matilda does a great job of keeping it together in Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones, which reveals a lot about her character. She is sensitive, intelligent, observant, and open to new ideas. Three traits stand out the most in Matilda though. The three major traits of…

Be Yourself People believe that they are individuals and that they do not always conform to the ways of society. But is this really true? The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about a vicious and fatal love triangle between the married Tom and Daisy Buchanan, the mistress, Myrtle Wilson and an extremely wealthy man, Jay Gatsby. Somehow the innocent Nick Carraway gets caught in the middle and finds a love interest of his own, Jordan Baker. “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by e.e.…

From 1929 to 1941, a period of time began in the United States that was referred to as the Great Depression. A lack of confidence led to withdrawals in order to protect money, draining the banks ' reserves and destroying their ability to make loans. This mistrust affected the entire economy and started a dangerous cycle. Since that time, there has been much historical debate over what actually caused it, and many theories have been proposed to explain how a country’s economy could fail so…

The Great Gatsby is a Modernist novel by the author F. Scott Fitzgerald. It deals with the situation of society in the Roaring Twenties, in the volatile time between World War I and the Great Depression. The Great Gatsby is a story that wrestles with a lot of themes, two of which are isolation and unattainable desires. One theme in this book is the loneliness and shallow connections that characters make. Gatsby frequently has hundreds of people at his house for parties, but it is often…

Have you ever had best friends? Do you know what true friendship is? We all have many friends, but we only have a few best friends. We help each other and we are beside our best friends when they need us sometimes. However, having a friend is even more than a best friend; indeed, they are like brothers or sisters to us. Such relationships are not easy to have. Especially, the true friendship between two men is rare and valuable. The friendship between George and Lennie in the story “Of Mice And…

leaving her with a lack of identity and portraying her lower status. This is also to inform the readers how women had no power at all during the Great Depression, and instead, they were just like property to their husbands. Her husband makes her stay in the house because he does not trust her with the ranch workers, which was the same thing during the Great Depression when women had to stay at home and take care of the house and children while their husbands went to work. Although her husband…

The novel The Great Gatsby comments on the society of the 1920’s, the time in which it was written. In the novel F. Scott Fitzgerald uses symbols, motifs and the characters, to criticize the modern society through his characters and their “attitudes” towards different events. It takes place at the time of the “Jazz Age” the time of America 's great economic success, jazz and of glamour and luxury- the "roaring 20s". A social comment can be made through the themes of the American dream, dreams…

push us to get to a goal, but it can also drive us into madness. Obsession has the potential to do the exact same things. Does this mean that love and obsession can be intertwined into something hysterical? F. Fitzgerald illustrates madness in The Great Gatsby through Jay Gatsby as he is obsessive and desires Daisy Buchanan to the point where she is the only thing he can think about, which shows that love has the potential to become insanity. Jay Gatsby is an example of madness through his…