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A 3 page essay that discusses the theme of greed in the Great Gatsby and relates it to the current financial crisis occurring in American and world society. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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go up" (Serwer and Sloan 16). No one was afraid as the good times were definitely here and here to stay and this included ostentatious wealth. The greed was so
rampant that the "newly minted masters of the universe even had the nerve to defend their ridiculous tax break...as being good for society" (Serwer and Sloan 16). In many ways,
the American culture and society mirrored the era of the early 1920, which is the setting for F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby, as the impressionable
North Dakota farm boy James Gatz, on his way overseas to fight in World War I, fell desperately in love with Daisy, a rich girl, who comes to represent Gatsbys
conceptualization of ideal beauty. However, Gatsby mistook beauty for substance, and, consequently, never sees Daisys true character. Self-indulgent and incapable of delaying gratification, Daisy married Tom Buchanan for reasons that
are rather similar to the way that many American have been making financial decisions-he was available and rich, so why not? In both Gatsby and Daisy, Fitzgerald demonstrates the
corruption of the American Dream. While Gatsby is motivated by what he interprets to be love-certainly he idealizes what he sees what he sees as beautiful-he nevertheless puts his considerable
intelligence and talent to work in ways that are less than reputable in order to pursue an illusion of beauty. Making his fortune through the illegal bootlegging market, he pursues
his idea of Daisy, never really seeing the reality, that is, the shallowness and falsity of the wealthy who constitute Daisys world. Rather than seeing this world for what it
is, Gatsby embraces it, accumulating wealth and possessions for the sole purpose of impressing Daisy. In Chapter 5 of the novel, Gatsby is finally reunited with Daisy at a
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