The American Dream in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Introduction

The “Great Gatsby” is a very twisted and convoluted novel which was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It has been written in late 1925, the characters in the novel focus upon a fictional town of West Egg. The plot of the story depends over the mystifying millionaire, Jay Gatsby, who has an impetuous enthusiasm for one of the most beautiful women in town, Daisy Buchanan. The theme of the novel focuses upon the American Dream that shares the experiences of the revival of the World War II. Fitzgerald revised the previous edition of this novel and adapted great experiences and a great plot of the story that it later on became one of the most popular works of the American Literature.

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Contextual Analysis

Nick Carraway moves into a small home in West Egg, part of Long Island, New York. He lives across the water from his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her fabulously wealthy and unfaithful husband, Tom. The extraordinarily large mansion next door is owned by a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby. On a visit to Daisy and Tom’s home, Nick meets Jordan a meeting between him and Daisy. The two begin having an affair, but Daisy cannot bring herself to leave Tom, especially after learning the truth about the source of Gatsby’s wealth (Caldicott, 2005).

While driving back home from a party in the city, Daisy and Gatsby hit and kill Myrtle Wilson, Tom’s lover. Nick finds Gatsby hiding in the bushes outside of Daisy’s home, and Gatsby reveals that Daisy had been driving when Myrtle was struck down. Despite this revelation, Myrtle’s husband, George, is told that the accident was Gatsby’s fault. George, who had already believed that Gatsby was his wife’s lover, shoots and kills Gatsby as he is floating in his pool, then proceeds ...

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