Loverher Mr. Cobb Per. 4 12/11/15 The Great Gatsby In the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald communicates a message about people’s sacrifices in order to accomplish their dreams. Characters Nick Caraway, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, and Jay Gatsby each have an idea for a perfect life but none of them were able to achieve them. Nick doesn’t share the basic American dream as the other characters. He strives to maintain honesty and mental values. Tom’s American dream was something he never had to work
moves to the East Egg to learn how to run a business. Then he meets a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby, who he becomes close to through talking as he is his neighbour. Slowly he learns the past of Jay Gatsby and the reason why he lives his life like that and his pursuit to achieve the American Dream. The pursuit of the American Dream is not found only by Jay Gatsby but many other characters. Social class within the story shows the characters from one another. The Great Gatsby is placed in a Capitalist
The Great Gatsby, by F. S. Fitzgerald depicts the 1920’s Jazz Age, and how the American Dream influenced its society. During this time it was believed that with steady determination anyone could acquire a prosperous life. In his novel, Fitzgerald describes how social, cultural and economic conditions play into this belief and how each, along with the notion of the American Dream, drive his characters behavior and actions. However, demonstrated in The Great Gatsby, the dream is not what it appears
history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles” (4). A critical aspect of the relationship between such classes is the way the socioeconomic elite conduct themselves and how their actions are viewed by the rest of society. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald depict the socioeconomic elite acting with indiscretion and out of self indulgence. Both pieces