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The American Dream as depicted in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
Title: The American Dream as depicted in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
Category: Literature / Biographies
Details: Words: 639 | Pages: 2.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
The American Dream as depicted in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
The subject of numerous modern stories and especially modern tragedies such as Death of
a Salesman and The Great Gatsby is that of the American Dream. The American Dream is
summed up as "an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material
prosperity." F. Scott Fitzgerald's tale, The Great Gatsby is a picture perfect account of
attempting to (and sometimes achieving) the American Dream.
Beginning with the title character, it is more than obvious …showed first 75 words of 639 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 639 total…American Dream doesn't mean that he doesn't achieve some form of it. Just being
able to live where he does, on his own, and attend the parties (let alone be associated) with
someone so powerful as Jay Gatsby is a dream in itself. In the end, he ends up moving back to
Minnesota to start over, he may not have achieved as much as Gatsby did in his prime, he still
came a long way.
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