Examples Of Materialism In The Great Gatsby

The american dream is often used to describe an aspiration or an ambition, as it’s often influenced by greed and determination. Moreover, in order to achieve that feeling of self satisfaction it is oftenly intertwined along the path of moral corruption. This ideal has been considered the onset of american literature. It has no set definition and therefore leaves gaps for each individual to interpret as well as use their own means to obtain and sustain their dream. In today the american dream follows a standard of materialism rather than self preservation as the trend has spontaneously grown from self valument into a desire for large economic power. Many novels that model this system include “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Fahrenheit

Scott Fitzgerald, the author blends the american dream along corruption several times. A prime example is Gatsby himself as he is a representative of the american pioneer he had endured the belief that if you had enough wealth you would be capable of acquiring love and happiness. His dream is corrupted as he comes to associate his romantic fantasies with his newly founded wealth. Gatsby’s dream eventually narrows to his love’s desire for money as he had once said that “her voice is full of money”. His confinement in his materialistic needs and his desire to be with the one he had once loved lead to the eventual blur between the blatant parallels among the two. He inhabits the charisma of a character who had been driven by his dream which appeals to his audience through his volatile and poetic dialogue such as on page 117 as he states “Cant repeat the past” , “Why of course you can”. As well as his conveyed sense of measurements in dreams, and the joyful way he exemplifies his life using his own succession of wealth. Even so Fitzgerald emphasises on the flaws of his protagonist in order to formulate a scenario relevant to today. Even so his method of obtaining the money makes him nothing less than a criminal from the

His first being in the introduction to the readers as he reads a book named “The Rise Of The Colored Empires”, by a man named Goddard. The tale had revolved around white supremacy and the rise of the other races, hence the title “The Rise Of The Colored Empires”. Tom repeatedly uses race to influence his judgement such as the point when he had found out his wife had intended to have an affair with Gatsby he claimed that it was as “outrageous as having intermarriage between black and white”. His bigotry had been forged from his sense of authority, pride and dominance, as noted many times through the novel his family had been a very lucrative and persistent pursuers of the materialistic form of the american dream. Moreover, he had used his families endeavors of vast wealth to be in control of others as well as intimidate them such as he did with George Wilson in his conversation of the car