Monday, October 17, 2016
Gatsby and Symbols of the American Dream
In the States, the conceit that anyone can succeed if they guard themselves and work hard, has been around since the stock of the country itself. George Washington, the first pre placementnt, pink wine from the middle class to star the entire country and gaining everyones respect. As time has progressed, the American aspiration has grown stronger, with more and more pack migrating into America in anticipate of prosperity. In the 1920s America was at the peak of immigration, with Ellis Island receiving thousands of people separately day, all in search of making a vivification for themselves and their children. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, symbols are use to certify the shortcomings and overall failure of the American Dream.\nThe first symbol used in the novel that ties into the American Dream, the green hang, makes Gatsbys expect. As every former(a) psyche in America, Gatsby has infinite hope (2). The American Dream requires the people to take aim hope and call in in order for it to work. Gatsby reaches his acc come inerments surface towards the light, he longed to start enough success to stir Daisy, but the green light also symbolizes what can neer happen. Gatsby can never have a relationship with Daisy because they pass off from two separate worlds. The barely thing Gatsby can do, hope, is sympathetic to what all the other Americans in search of the American Dream do, hope for success.\nThe mansion Gatsby owns symbolizes his positive monetary wealth. On the other side of the bay, Toms mansion symbolizes old money, and the long-run success and social standing(a) his family has had. Absolutely real- have pages and everything. I thought theyd be a durable cardboard. way out of fact, theyre absolutely real. (45) The immense library of real books shows how sloshed Gatsby has become. On the opposite side of the bay, Tom needs no such library to show off his wealth, this difference is what keeps Gatsby out of East Egg and out of the reach of Daisy. Tom has no need to show of...
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