The American Dream

Thesis Statement

“Money equaled happiness show the way to ruin and weakened the model of an American dream.”

Introduction

The classic American novel, "The Great Gatsby", in writing by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, depicts the malfunction of the American illusion, from the issue of outlook that American political ideal's confrontation with the genuine communal situation that exist. (Skipp 94)

The concept of equality amidst persons constitutes American democracy; the reality is that communal discrimination still lives and the partitions amidst the categories can not be overcome. The American illusion furthermore comprises yearn for religious and material enhancement to accomplish inward happiness. (Fitzgerald 98)

 

Discussion

In his novel, Fitzgerald criticizes the American illusion by recounting its contradictory characteristics: class labors between wealthy and the poor, superficiality of the wealthy and the untrue connection between cash and happiness.

Through his novel, Fitzgerald consistently depicts the dismissal of the concept of equality, where American humanity would be free from class distinction. (Fahey 52)

"The American Dream is an American communal perfect that tensions egalitarianism and particularly material prosperity."

The novel reflects a split up humanity with quotation to the "valley of the ashes", a "dismal" and "desolate" wasteland.

The "valley of the ashes" is recounted as a symbolism of those who have failed the American illusion, it was a "fantastic ranch where ashes augment like wheat into ridges and high grounds and grotesque gardens... of ash grey men".

In compare, there was Long Island which was split up into East Egg, dwelling to the "old rich" where "white castles glittered along the water" and West Egg, "the less trendy of the two". (Fitzgerald 100)

This partition amidst categories emphasizes the worsening of an American illusion and strengthens the implication of materialism in a humanity obsessed with riches and status.

Fizgerald emphasizes that humanity has become superficial with this preoccupation with riches and possessions with ...