The Great Gatsby 8

Title: The Great Gatsby 8
Category: Literature / English | Words: 377 | Pages: 1.6 (approximately 235 words/page)

The Great Gatsby 8

The corruption of the American Dream The Great Gatsby takes place during the 1920’s and it is a time when the old values and the new are in a battle with one another. The Great Gatsby has characters who believe in the American dream and those who are corrupting the dream in prosuit of wealth and personal gain. The character, Nick is the perfect example of those with the faith in the existence of the …showed first 75 words of 377 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 377 total…woman who uses her money and beauty inside of her mind to achieve things. She says, “ I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”(P.21) Daisy does not believe a woman who uses her mind will get anywhere in the world. The American dream is dead for her due to her thinking.

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