The American Dream in "The Great Gatsby"

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The paper explores the dark side of the American Dream as a major theme of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby." The paper describes the corruption of the American Dream during the post World War I period and portrays Gatsby's reinvention of himself in his single-minded pursuit of Daisy.

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"The major theme of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby" is the American Dream but Fitzgerald's concept of the American Dream is not success, riches and social status achieved through hard work, courage and determination, the Horatio Alger myth, but the dark side of the Dream. Although the protagonist, Jay Gatsby, does rise from poverty to riches to achieve the American Dream of improving one's station in life, he also serves as an example of the corruption and decay of the American Dream."

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