"The Great Gatsby"

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The paper discusses how Fitzgerald, disillusioned about love and money in the American 1920s, was the product of the age that he wrote about in "The Great Gatsby". The paper describes Jay Gatsby's parallel senseless pursuit of the American Dream that eventually only caused him harm and took his life.

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"Before we talk in depth about this book particularly, we must discuss the author briefly for this might help us understand the novel in a better manner. Born in 1896, Fitzgerald was the product of the age that he has written about. Just like the main characters Nick and Jay, Fitzgerald is also disillusioned about love and money in America. He translates his experiences into a classic and his book can be seen as an authentic source of information on the Jazz era. Fitzgerald had fallen in love with a rich girl and had little money himself. In his pursuit of love, he went to New York so that one day he could marry the rich girl but unfortunately for him, he ends up with some odd jobs here and there and his engagement with the girl ended. That must have disappointed him considerably but on a deeper level, it made him think about the connection between love and money and if one really exists."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Fahey, William A. F. Scott Fitzgerald and The American Dream. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, 1973.
• Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli. Toronto: Simon & Schuster Inc, 1995.
• Michel Foucault, "What is Enlightenment?", in The Foucault Reader, ed. Paul Rabinow (New York: Pantheon Books, 1984), pp. 32-50.

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