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Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald's Criticism Of The American Dream
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The American Dream, as it arose in the Colonial period and developed in the
nineteenth century, was based on the assumption that each person, no matter what
his origins, could succeed in life on the sole basis of his or her own skill and
effort. The dream was embodied in the ideal of the self-made ....
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....y, but fundamentally
empty form of success.
Fitzgerald's critique of the American dream is developed through certain
dominant images and symbols. Fitzgerald uses the green light as a symbol of
hope, money, and jealousy. Hope signifies the center of the dream, but jealousy
and lure of money pollute it. Gatsby is a noble man whose vision is fouled by
his dream because he remains in a "wonder" at Daisy's presence throughout the
novel. He is unable to see the carelessness and self-centeredness .... |
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