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The American Dream : F. Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby

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Gatsby Corrupted Dream
The American Dream is originally thought to be about how hard work can lead one person from poorness to richness with the right amount of effort put in. The American Dream can have different meaning to different people but at the end they are all trying to achieve a goal. The American Dream usually requires hard work and dedication. But cheating your way to success can change a person. An example of a distorted American Dream would be F. Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby talks about a man named Jay Gatsby and what good and bad comes out of trying and achieving the American dream. And how it 's no longer about building a life but it 's just about getting richer. Gatsby represent the Dream and also the corrupted side of the dream. Gatsby sees wealth as a solution to all his problems. And how he reinvents himself so much that he become disconnected from what he actually came from. But his corrupted dream of money is motivated by his love for a girl named Daisy. Also showing what money can change and make a person do.
An example would be how gatsby throws luxurious parties every saturday at his mansion As nick says
” At least once a fortnight a corps of caters came down with several hundred feet of canvas along with many lights enough to make a christmas tree out of gatsby 's enormous garden.” “Buffet tables garnished with glistening hors-d’oeuvre, spiced baked pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold. In the main hall a bar with

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