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This is a 6 page paper which examines the American Dream and the Lost Generation as depicted in F. Scott Fritzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
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Gatsbys quest for Daisy Buchanan. The novel was written in 1925 and was a line of connection between the era of World War I in the 1920s and the
Great Depression of the early 1930s. Fitzgerald participated in the lifestyle of the Roaring Twenties attending wild parties and finding and consuming his share of the bootleg liquor. Although he
participated in the lifestyle of the Roaring Twenties, Fitzgerald was also critical of the times. Fitzgeralds classic, The Great Gatsby is a depiction of the 1920s society to fail
to live up to their potential - their failure to acquire the American Dream. It is also an illustration of the wanton waste of a generation of Americans who
focused on the extravagance of wealth and privilege and did little to promote the more generally accepted qualities of a good and moral life. THE AMERICAN DREAM AND THE LOST
GENERATION There is a select group of people who are the focus of the story. The young people are privileged individuals and range in age from twenty to thirty
years. They want for nothing and they are a group of people who use things and people and then seemingly throw them away. They have little use for anyone
who does not exhibit the same or nearly the same amount of wealth and material possessions. The lost generation of America is extremely materialistic. They feel that their
elders engaged in a war that did little except cause the death of a multitude of Americans. This new generation of Americans wants to live life to the fullest irregardless
of the morality or concerns of the previous generation. In this manner, Fitzgerald provides an insight into the lives of the wealthy young and the mystery which imprisons and
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