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A 7 page paper which examines what the character of Gatsby stands for in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby.” The paper discusses how he is reflective of society’s struggle to achieve the American Dream at the cost of integrity and honor. No additional sources cited.
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Prior to the 1920s a man sought out the American Dream for the sole purpose of being honorable and somewhat successful through being honorable. It was a dream that consisted
of doing ones best and remaining a man of integrity. In many ways the ideals were based largely on the character and success and ideals of Benjamin Franklin. However, with
the 1920s came the notion that frivolous and greedy behavior were acceptable when seeking the grand life, the life of the wealthy, the life of the American Dream. In "The
Great Gatsby" we are offered the changing nature of that American Dream as it turned to something far more materialistic and powerful in a capitalistic society that would surely become
more powerfully a nation of consumers. In many ways we can see how the novel presents us with images of how the American Dream, the noble American Dream, has ultimately
been corrupted for the sake of materialism. This is very much reflected and symbolized through the character of Jay Gatsby, a man who is determined, through material wealth, to prove
that he is worth something. In the following paper we examine how Gatsbys character is one that symbolizes the American Dream and a society that no longer believed that integrity
and honor were really worth possessing. The Great Gatsby In first discussing Fitzgeralds story we look at the man who is Gatsby, or Jay. Jay is a
man who was essentially nothing as a youngster. He had nothing and was perhaps determined to make money and become powerful. He wanted the American Dream, not for his own
enjoyment so much as for the enjoyment of others, for the pride he could have when looking at what he achieved through the eyes of others. The most important person
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