the Roaring Twenties became a period of moral and social decay. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby employs literary devices such as creative symbols,
The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald expresses the decline of the American Dream in his novel “The Great Gatsby” with the usage of mainly themes and symbolism. The main themes in the novel are the decay of morals and values of a “modern” society. The Great Gatsby portrays the deterioration of the American Dream and the want for fancy and nice possessions. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a Jazz Age writer and short story author who is considered to be among the best twentieth-century American journalists. Conceived
in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. From the outside perspective it may look like he has fulfilled this dream. But in reality, his life is deeply flawed. Toms failure of not achieving his goals is due to the moral decay in his social life, the death of his mistress Myrtle, and his unstable relationship with his wife Daisy. Tom Buchanan is known for his old money status and his unpleasant characterization. Tom enjoys his social power and since he lacks moral concern towards others he fears
was epitomized in the perfect of the independent man. Although the true understanding of the American Dream should have been of a greater outcome, but we rather see it being exploited. One of the examples that showcases the mass exploitation of the true meaning of the American Dream is the ‘The Great Gatsby’. It is a novel about what happened to the American dream in the 1920s; a period when the old values that offered substance to the fantasy had been ruined by