One might say it is evident Gatsby has attained the American Dream by looking at his possessions, such as boats, cars, a big house, and lavishing riches. But, others might argue Gatsby only possesses the materialistic dream. Fitzgerald makes an allusion to Benjamin Franklin’s work and presents his schedule (Fitzgerald, 173). The schedule which Franklin created was his goal to save time, meet his expectations, and try to achieve perfection. But, he knew achieving perfection was impossible, yet he believed trying to achieve moral perfection is what the true American Dream is all about.
Using powerful language, Jack Solomon stresses that advertisers do not persuade us, but they manipulate us into buying what they're offering. They don't offer us product information, but they exercise "behavior modification" : "Pleasing to our subconscious emotions, rather than our conscious intelligences, ads are designed to exploit the discontentments by the American dream, and also the constant desire for social success and the material rewards that accompany it” page 530. Advertisements say a lot about different people and what ideas are important at the time. In America, society is obsessed with status. Therefore, status symbols are very important.
How far do you agree with Nicks views that Gatsby is ‘worth the whole damn bunch put together?’ Nicks views about Jay Gatsby, ‘the man who gives his name to this book’ can be viewed as biased as Fitzgerald uses Nick as a way to manipulate the reader into Nick’s way of thinking. Is Gatsby worth the whole damn bunch put together? Gatsby is worth the whole bunch put together based on his material qualities which is accumulated from shady business. Gatsby’s rags-to-riches success story makes him an embodiment of the American dream that contrasts with Tom who has become wealthy due to his inheritance. Although Gatsby has accumulated his wealth from shady business, his love for Daisy has remained for the 5 years he has gone without seeing her which portrays the lengths that he will go to in order to achieve his only ‘dream’ thus reinforcing Gatsby’s hope being worthy over the rest.
Finally, economic patterns of the past had to be changed to create a more equally distributed wealth among all Americans. To a large degree, the civil rights movement ultimately achieved their goals socially, economically, and politically through their abstract methods and persistence. Socially, the United States had figure out how to resolve their hypocritical actions. The U.S. fought a war centrally revolved around segregation over seas with Germany, yet still faced their own racial problems at home. Thus gave birth to the civil rights movement.
His value for hard work implanted on people’s mind of way to wealth (Miller 172). He advised that “leisure is time for doing something useful.” (Greene 755-256). Like Puritans, Americans develop their character by taking risks and pursuing without ending. After Civil War, Americans worked hard for development of America’s Capitalism. Americans worked hard for reconstruction after the war for example , solving financial crisis and they became successful for their western expansion.
Another reason for migration was the idea of primogeniture, which allowed the eldest son to inherit the wealth; leaving others desperate and in hopes of finding riches overseas. Also, many fled to America to escape peonage or prison. These social concerns in England ended up populating the colonies because people believed they would find a better life in America. The second major way that England shaped the colonies were the English politics. At some points, colonists seemingly were allowed plenty of freedom, while other times they were under strict English rule.
The use of deception allowed the colonists to win the American Revolution and escape Britain’s tyrannical rule over them. They freed themselves from oppression and gained their independence, Deception has a bad connotation because people do not understand when to use it. Depending on certain situations lies are not bad and sometimes are a necessity. For Odysseus to escape the Cyclops and colonists to win the Revolution it was necessary for them to use the art of deception. If used correctly and for a good intention it can be useful and
The novel The Great Gatsby demonstrates the wrong idea people in the 1920s had on the American Dream. The original idea of the American Dream is that each individual can get success and happiness through hard work and determination. However, after WW1 this perception has changed and people started viewing the American Dream only as something materialistic, they only striven for financial success and high social status. Fitzgerald portrays this vision of America through the characters in his novel. Firstly, he shows it through Nick.
The Evolution of the American Dream Before entering the Roaring Twenties, one of the interpretations of the American Dream was about equality amongst all people within society regardless of skin color or education. However, the Roaring Twenties brought forth the birth of mass culture, causing the American Dream to divert to something much different. With his novel The Great Gatsby (1925), F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals the transition of the American Dream from equality to money, which is prevalent through Nick Carraway’s reflection of advice from his father, Tom Buchanan’s feeling of superiority towards George Wilson, as well as Jay Gatsby’s constant wild parties. Racial inequality has always been present and was prevalent in the 1920s. Many felt as if an individual had colored skin, he or she was worth less than an individual who was not colored which brought conflicts with education and social rankings and caused more criticism amongst society.
Commercialisation is other side of the same coin,named modernity.It has engulfed productive thinking.it has made men,instituitions and states very greedy.It has given birth to street crimes,white color corruption and enmity among the states.Businessmen eye on becoming business taicon by selling low quality goods,government officials desire to be richest by ill means.This deplorable situation is the side effect of our speed towards