The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald: Matter of Money, Class and Economics Essay It was written at that period of American history when people worried the most about their prosperity and richness though one may say that such values were typical for Americans, it was, and by the way still is, so called ‘American dream’. Scott Fitzgerald clearly shows us how a wonderful American dream is destroyed by the people’s desire to earn more and more. This desire makes people forget that they are human beings. They forget about moral values and lose their human face.

The Idea of American Dream in “The Great Gatsby” Essay So many things have been said about the American Dream; so many people have struggled against themselves to prove that it does not only exist but can also be achieved. Fitzgerald shares his determination of the “American dream” mainly through the character of Jay Gatsby. Being a man who shows through his own actions that success is his prerogative, he truly believes in the “American dream of success”.We suppose that it is the reason for his idealization of love that later on lead to the collapse of his dream, the collapse of the American dream.

Americanism Essay America has become all of these for many people, who believe they are living out the American dream but the truth is that people all over the world dream about the same thing and therefore the appearance of the term “Americanism” is not a surprise for anybody.“Americanism” is a notion that explains why people outside the borders of North America tend to emphasize the opportunities that the American way of life gives and the substitution of any other dreams by the American dream.

Great Gatsby Symbolism Essay In Fitzerald’s Great Gatsby, the majority of literary symbols form a whole set of literary meanings, which stretch from the author’s dreams about the future toward the general understanding of the notion of an American dream... person trying to find his (her) way to the legendary American Dream – the journey filled with sorrows and disappointments, and the journey that could potentially lead to irreversible failure or eternal happiness... Nevertheless, it is difficult to reject the feeling that the green light is something more than obscure idea of the American dream.