The American Dream In The Great Gatsby By Francis Scott Fitzgerald

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The Great American Dream In Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s American classic novel, The Great Gatsby, everyone is chasing the American dream. This dream has been a beacon for immigrants and poor Americans alike. A shining beacon that draws dreamers and doers to the shores and big cities in America. The Statue of Liberty had a beaming message for everyone to hear. Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! ( quoted in The New Colossus, Emma Lazarus). As the Statue of Liberty’s torch beaconed out to the less fortunate in a sense of aspiration, Daisy’s green light beaconed out for Jay …show more content…

The colonials wanted to be free from oppression, and to have a better life than they could have had before. Throughout the years, many people have taken the American Dream and made it into something that it is not. Many people believe that in order to fulfill the “true” American Dream, you need to have an abundance of resources. Many people believe that having really nice cars, clothing, and having an extravagant house means that you have and are living the American Dream. This has drastically changed since the colonial time. This modern misconception of The American Dream goes hand in hand with what many believe is the downfall, and absence, of the American Dream. According to Richard Eskow from alternet.org, “If the American dream means a reasonable rate of income growth for working people, most people can’t expect to achieve it” (Eskow). Richard, along with many other people, are trying to achieve the American Dream by having an abundance of money, which never was the American Dream. Many people have the wrong idea behind it all. A good example of someone who didn’t fully achieve, although many speculated that he did, the American Dream, was Jay

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