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A 3 page essay that discusses F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, which can be viewed as an exploration of the psychological ramifications of the American Dream. Examination of Fitzgerald’s masterpiece indicates the reasons for the enduring relevance of this book as it accurately and insightfully portrays the contradictions that characterize the American Dream and how this can influence individual lives. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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contradictions in American society that this book addresses and how the story offers dramatization of the "implications of the dream for individual lives" (Callahan 374). Examination of Fitzgeralds masterpiece indicates
the reasons for the enduring relevance of this book as it accurately and insightfully portrays the contradictions that characterize the American Dream and how this can influence individual lives.
The American Dream is a term that generally refers to the belief that anyone, regardless of social class or education, can rise within American society based on the significance of
their accomplishment. However, Fitzgerald indicates for Jay Gatsby, who has gained a fortune for the sole purpose of winning the woman he regards as his true love, Daisy Buchanan, it
is more than this. It is also a form of romantic idealism, which Nick Carraway, the novels narrator, associates with a sublime faith that life can be made special and
fairy-tale perfect. It is this dream that Gatsby loves, as Fitzgerald makes it clear that Gatsby does not perceive Daisy or reality, for that matte, in a clear fashion.
There are several instances where Fitzgerald symbolizes Gatsbys hopes, that is, his faith in his dream, with the image of a single, solitary light (Sutton 94). The first of these
is when Gatsby holds out his arms toward a small green light in the distance, which the reader learns later is the green light on the end of Daisys dock
(Sutton 94). Gatsby, who began life as Jimmie Gatz and remade himself in order to win Daisys approval, first met her just before he was shipped out to fight
in World War I. Daisy becomes an icon for everything that this young man believed he wanted in life. For him, Daisy ceased to be a person in her right
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