What does the American Dream truly mean? Is it buying a house and raising a family somewhere? Is it chasing the dream of being a millionaire or becoming a world renown singer or actor? Or is it simply…
The Great Gatsby
All of us, at one time or another, have experienced adversities caused by our immature decisions. We can learn from these experiences and try to make a change. We meet such a character in The Great Ga…
The theme of outward appearances can be deceiving, which means that something or someone is very different than how they make themselves seem. Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby many characters fit…
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel set in the 1920s that explores the American Dream of wealth and prosperity while questioning the declining traditional values that are threatened b…
Many flock to the United States in an attempt to chase the American Dream while those already there struggle to achieve the so-called dream. The American Dream is the idea of someone working (legally)…
As some people work for their money and success, along the way they achieve it with the risk of losing true happiness. An ideal American Dreamer is not someone who is lazy but rather ambitious and dri…
The Great Gatsby is defined by carelessness; as Nick expressed, "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast c…
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, an English writer and philosopher, once said "the richer one is, the easier it is for him to be a rascal." Rich people believe that money is everything to life and use that a…
There are many different characters who play a crucial role in the interpretation of the novel's many themes in F. Scott Fitzgerald's, "The Great Gatsby." Daisy Buchanan, in my understanding, is a nai…
'The nature of the American Dream is about human aspirations and possibilities for self-actualisation.' How do the texts we have studied reflect and challenge this dominant narrative that shapes the A…