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This 3 page paper illustrates the various ways in which the American Dream is depicted in Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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many scenes where people passively, but aggressively assert their dominance over those who are perceived as weaker or subordinate, and how this pecking order is maintained through an elaborate dance
of social verbal and non-verbal cues. In this respect, then, Jay Gatsby, moreso than other characters, represents the American Dream gone awry. The previous generation had possessed a work
ethic which had proscribed certain sacrifices, certain sustainable ethics that brought success. However, the generation which would come after World War II were of a different mindset. Life was to
be enjoyed and the only person one need concern himself with was himself. One can see this attitude reflected in Daisy. Daisy was the symbol of landed wealth, of those
born to it. Not having come from that background, to obtain Daisy would be to legitimize himself internally, or so Jay Gatsby believes. In this chapter the extreme power and
influence of his money and position are made known, as it is easy to see that the biggest dream he has realized is that of his own self identity.
"The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God-a phrase which, if it means anything,
means just that-and he must be about His Fathers business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a
seventeen year old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end"(Fitzgerald, Ch. 6). The lack of moral fiber is exampled
when Gatsby resorts to seducing Daisy away from a man who he, either subconsciously or consciously, views as his superior because Tom is old money. In this respect, then, one
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