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A 7 page paper which examines the modern world of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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time when the people were recovering from WWI and a time when new ideas and a powerful sense of rebelliousness was taking place. It was called the Jazz Age or
the Roaring 20s. It was a modern world filled with many possibilities but also a modern world filled with a great deal of confusion in terms of where the people
would go, how the nation would evolve, and what direction the new modern world should take. The following paper examines "The Great Gatsby" as it involves this modern world. The
paper primarily examines the character of Jay Gatsby as he looks at his world. Jay is quite obviously the symbolic representation of how this generation is facing the modern world
and how they are interacting with the modern world. And, bearing in mind that Fitzgeralds novel is incredibly symbolic, of the old and the new, the past and the present
or future, such a perspective can shed a great deal of light on how Fitzgerald presents us with this modern world. The Modern World and "The Great Gatsby"
F. Scott Fitzgeralds classic novel "The Great Gatsby" is a story about a powerful time in history when the social expectations and dreams were changing. It was a time that
many argue saw the true beginning of a consumeristic culture as the American Dream turned to one of material wealth as a sign of success, taking the focus away from
honor and integrity. In the novel we are given the character of Jay Gatsby who essentially typifies this image. And, in offering us an image of man who is turning
away from the old way of the American Dream we are given a man who is essentially lost in his past, trying to obtain that dream through focusing on his
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