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American Dream Lost
Title: American Dream Lost
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 1085 | Pages: 4.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
American Dream Lost
American Dream Lost
Gatsby as a Social Commentary on American Life
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, has been celebrated as one of the greatest, if not the greatest American novel. Yet this is ironic for the society which has so hailed the book is precisely that which is criticized throughout it. Politically, the American dream was a foundation of ideals and hopes for any and every American individual. Specifically, one of the ideals …showed first 75 words of 1085 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1085 total…never to forget. That beneath all the flash and materialism, there is something quietly breathing and still alive. Behind what has been lost, we still find honesty. We, like Nick, can see America’s tragic flaws in ourselves and in others. Perhaps this is not something to be proud of, but it may be a step towards something larger. By finding Nick’s touching quality in all of us, we can revive the American dream.
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