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Modernism And The Great Gatsby
2,005 wordsTo understand modern literature, one must develop a sense of the structured and ordered lifestyle prior to modern culture. Before the era of modernism, lifestyles were systematically organized through standard traditions. When World War I started, Americans felt the impact of modernism at its strongest with men going off to battle and women working in factories. Lifestyles were beginning to divert from family traditions. People started to abandon their traditional values and adapt to the challen...
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Great Gatsby Fitzgerald F Scott Fitzgerald
1,232 wordsF. Scott Fitzgerald was accurate in his portrayal of the aristocratic flamboyancy and indifference of the 1920 s. In his novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald explores many aspects of indifference and flamboyancy. A large influence on this society was the pursuit of the American Dream. Gangsters played a heavily influential role in the new money aristocracy of the 1920 s. The indifference was mainly due to the advent of Prohibition in 1920. One major societal revolution in this period was that of ...
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Wealth And Power Pursuit Of The American Dream
320 wordsI, and high school students all over the United States, have read this book from 1925 because, it is simply a classic. A classic is defined by Webster as a literary or artistic work of the highest excellence, or a masterpiece. The Great Gatsby is regarded as a masterpiece, though it wasn t when it first came out. Critics and the public strayed away from this novel because, they didn t think it was good a novel as Fitzgerald s previous works. Soon people started to recognize it and it became wide...
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Death Of A Salesman Pursuit Of The American Dream
1,435 wordsDeath of A Salesman In the play Death of A Salesman, Arthur Miller displays the successes and failures in the pursuit of the American Dream. Although obviously a victim of the capitalist system, Willy is still an ardent supporter and believer in the American Dream, and in this he is solidly supported by his faithful wife Linda (Fletcher 9). Along with the American Dream and its failure comes a tragic hero, and with that a tragic flaw. Although it is a drama dealing with death and suffering, Deat...
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Pursuit Of The American Dream Wealth And Power
839 wordsGatsby's Pursuit of the American Dream The Great Gatsby, a novel by Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its impossible goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is used in many novels. This dream is different for different people; but, in The Great Gatsby, for Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness. To get this happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream; and, in order to do th...
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F Scott Fitzgerald Pursuit Of The American Dream
2,055 wordsTo understand modern literature, one must develop a sense of the structured and ordered lifestyle prior to modern culture. Before the era of modernism, lifestyles were systematically organized through standard traditions. When World War I started, Americans felt the impact of modernism at its strongest with men going off to battle and women working in factories. Lifestyles were beginning to divert from family traditions. People started to abandon their traditional values and adapt to the challen...
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