The Facade Of The American Dream In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

A gorgeous home, a plethora of cars, pockets full of money, and a happy family. Sadly only a few achieve the goal of the American Dream and others are forced to remain in poverty. There are two stories that showcase the clear winners and losers of the Great Depression. In Cinderella Man, the story focuses on a man (James J Braddock) trying to get back to where he was before the Great Depression had occurred and his never-ending battle to keep his family happy. In the

The people of America who dreamed of having a free life is constantly treated like slaves. When Hughes wrote this poem he really tried to show everybody that America can be better and we can make it how it is supposed to

The literary function of Social Commentary Current Attorney General of California, Kamala Harris, says that “The American Dream belongs to all of us.” How ironic is that because a big portion of “all of us” are not able to achieve that American Dream. The definition of the American Dream is this, “the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.” Every United States citizen did not have an equal opportunity to achieve their own version of success no matter how hard they tried. One person’s dream may be someone else’s life and that person’s dream may be even more than what they already have.

His constant attempt to find fulfillment through others reveals a bitter truth about him: he will never be fulfilled. Due to his indecisiveness, Nick’s life is constantly at an impasse. Originally from a “well-to-do” (6) family, his life would have been comfortable, a clear path set before

the one proposing force, the other friendship; but it hath so far happened that the first hath failed, and the second”. He speaks on the fact that we would have had better relationships with more countries if we didn't have to be looped in with Britain. We would be able to make more money from trade, and becoming a more powerful nation with more allies. Paine believes that Britain treats their colonies horribly and that if they were a “parent” they wouldn't treat their children like slaves and brutes and that they wouldn't throw their child into war for something that's not their

The Valley shows how much worse the life of the poor class was, there wasn’t any middle, you were either happy and rich or miserable and poor. The eyes frown upon the Valley of Ashes as it is nothing but a place of hopeless dreams and people whom have been corrupted by the pursuit of the American Dream. Everything bad seems to happen in the Valley of Ashes; the murder, the idea of murder, the affairs, the illegal activity, etc. The Valley of Ashes is nothing but negative because it represents how ‘God’ is watching a decaying society that withholds Myrtles murder and Georges mistakes. America in the 1920’s was full of corruption caused by a loss in spirituality within the

(A Tale of Two Cities, p337-Collins classics) Hunger, anger, rage, revenge, extermination and justice! That was the reality of 1775 in France. The peasants became beggars and were more than sick and tired of the situation they were facing at that time. They were dictated by the Monarchy, the Nobles and the Catholic Church who indulged them with heavy taxes; no proper land to grow crops; no freedom of actions nor words, basically nothing. Left in agony they got nothing except a heart filled with remorse and vengeance to keep them warm during cold nights.

Fitzgerald focused on the shift in the American Dream - from being the idea of self-fulfillment, dignity and comfort that is achieved through hard work, to being equated with the pursuit of wealth and power, and identifying happiness with having money. The novel depicts the rise and fall of the concept and describes the causes of its decay. The downfall of the American Dream is most accurately shown through the main protagonist of the story – Jay Gatsby. To reiterate, the American Dream is the concept that anyone can achieve a better life and become self-fulfilled, if they put enough effort to it and make the most of their abilities.

It symbolises the lack of life, colour, and spirit. Furthermore, the poverty-stricken characters, such as Myrtle and Wilson, want to leave the valley of the

Just as the American Dream- the pursuit of happiness- has degenerated into a quest for more wealth, Gatsby’s powerful dream of happiness with Daisy has become the motivation for lavish excess and criminal activities. He used his dream to escape from his past, but then was stuck on hold for when he lost Daisy the only part of the dream he really cared for. Gatsby made a dream just for Daisy so she could be apart of his, but saw the meaningless of it when she didn’t choose him in the end. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther….

The author tells that the dreams this land promises might have a different outcome for many. The fact that this country promises freedom and equality for everyone with different ethnicities, skin colors or genders does not always seems to be the case. ”I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart / I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars / I am the red man driven from the land /

In the novel the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini he illustrates the sacrifice one gives for love. Over the course of the novel Amir, Hassan, and Baba all face dramatic events that shape them to the person they are. Each one of them sacrifice a piece of their own happiness for the one they love. Hassan is loyal to Amir even though in their childhood Amir was not a good friend. Baba sacrifices his life in Afghanistan for Amir to have an education in America.

Americans have dreams; many are straightforward, while others are more complex, so what really is a standard American dream for both man and woman. In The Great Gatsby the characters that are old money looked down on Gatsby because he is new money and in their eyes they are better than Gatsby. When we come to think about it, this is very true because even if the American dream is what they crave in life, they have forbidden themselves from it due to their characteristics. Gatsby is new money, however he is still very careless just like Tom along with Daisy.

Is the American Dream really available for everyone? In the poem “Let America be American Again”, Langston Hughes tries to get the point across that the American Dream isn’t open for everyone. He describes the hopeful immigrants who seek America for a new start but arrive to find only that America “The Land of the Free” is full of mighty people who dominate the weak. Hughes depicts the downtrodden Negroes who bear who bear many scars, physically and mentally, of the seeming to have no end slavery. Even in present day America, black people still do not have all the equality rights they deserve and long for.

F. Scott. Fitzgerald and the American Dream F. Scott. Fitzgerald’s message at the end of chapter nine of The Great Gatsby illustrates the American dream. “Gatsby believed in the green light.” To be able to achieve the American dream.