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Examples Of Thomas Pain In The Great Gatsby

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The American dream is something all people look forward to, even now, but it has been a long time since the dream was alive. Thomas Paine believed that America was an equall place where everyone get along, but the 1920s proved his ideals wrong. During the 1920s materialism, greed, and a corrupt government ruined the dreams of america and thomas paine; the book The Great Gatsby portrays thhis time period and proves that Thomas Pain was wrong about America. Now America is not a place where people work together and get along, nor is it a fair place. It is a place of corruption and hate proving the Thomas pain was wrong. The rich were privledged in many ways, and the government favored the wealthy. One way the wealthy benifited more than the poor was through the taxes, "taxes were not equall, they benifited the wealth". Thomas paine said that taxes were equall and the rich were not privledged, but he was obviously wrong.During this time period organized crime was popular, especially bootlegging during prohibition, "manufacturing and distibutiong alcohol... big business during prohibition". people would do anything for easy …show more content…

Fitgerald really grasps the social problems, economical problems, and governmental problems.The laws during the time were not always fair, "Wolfsheim fixed the world series back in 1919". The rich were often above the law , and never received punishment for their crimes. people couldn't get along and work together like Thomas Pain suggested they would, "they'll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between blacks and whited". this quote also showed how discrimination was a problem, and it is also shown by the fact that the Buchannans had slaves. Going back to organized crime during prohibition, "he and this Wolfsheim... sold grain alcohol over the counter"; this quote gives you a look into how organized crime ran during

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In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald Tom Buchanan believes that he is above others around him just because he was born with a silver spoon in a white family, who grew up to play college football, an example of this would be, on page 10, the narrator says, “Tom would drift on forever seeking a little wistfully for the dramatic turbulence for some irrecoverable football game.” This proves that Tom Buchanan still dreams and looks back on the years that he played college football, because of this. He believes he walks above everyone else, holds a higher vote than everyone else, just because he is a white male living in the 1920s, the “prime” of discrimination against anyone who wasn’t White nor Male. This making Tom Buchanan a

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When you think of organized crime, do you think of Public Enemy with Johnny Depp as the charming John Dillinger, Al Capone with his silk suit, guns, women, and booze, or the G-men who chased them? Regardless, it was probably created in the “lawless years,” a time when law enforcement was practically unheard of. During the early 1920s to the mid-1930s organized crime terrorized America, but when J. Edgar Hoover became the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), he set out to professionalize the agency and bring new technology to use. Organized crime terrorized America from the early 20s to the mid-30s due the 18th amendment. More commonly known as prohibition, the illegal manufacture, sell and distribution of alcohol.

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The Great Gatsby written in, 1917, takes place in a time much different from ours. Everyone was in pursuit of happiness; an idea Thomas Jefferson promised everyone American when he signed the United States Constitution. The pursuit of happiness my friend has many shapes and forms, one of Greed and Lust for wealth and women. The rich thought they totally outclassed the "poor" and would often classicize them. In Chapter 6, Tom says, "By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas but women run around too much these days to suit me".

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During the 17th century, Thomas Paine characterized America as a united country where a multitude of cultures coexist. In the early years of America Paine suggest the government was built on equality, unfortunately, his vision for America does not hold true today and is very evident in the current political and social issues. Opposing Paine’s idea of an equal hierarchical social structure, the evidence in the past years suggest otherwise. Paine states that “it would appear that the union of such people was impracticable” and this is somewhat true. It has been clear most individuals can’t peacefully coincide with their neighbors.

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In our world it is hard to indicate whether it is genuine when an individual is treated in a kind matter or being deceived in order to get exploited for something in one’s possession. It is quite unfortunate that in this world, homo sapiens use a gift such as kindness in order to deceive and get whatever they desire, instead of being genuinely kind to one another. A person should not have to doubt the truthfulness behind someone’s kindness towards them. The readers of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby experience this false goodness and deception, through the false belief that Jay Gatsby is a kind hearted soul, with a pure and white soul; Contrary to that false belief, Gatsby is in truth, foolish, pathetic and a man who repeatedly sin and prove he is not

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The acts of violence in The Great Gatsby convey moremeaning than merely being acts of aggression. According toThomas Foster, author of How to Read Literature Like aProfessor, violence is one of the most personal and evenintimate acts between human beings, but it can also be culturaland societal in it’s implications. Tom Buchanan fits this profilebecause of actions that he has shown within the book. Evenbefore getting deep into the book, we found out the Tom wasan aggressive man and he was abusive. On page 37, Tom showsa violent act towards Myrtle, another character in the book,and her breaks her nose with his open hand.

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Jay Gatsby, the main character of The Great Gatsby, theacts of violence in The Great Gatsby convey moremeaning that merely being acts of aggression. Accordingto Thomas Foster, author of How To Reach LiteratureLike A Professor, that violence can be symbolic,thematic, biblical, Shakespearean, romantic, allergenic,and transcendent. Jay Gatsby hurts a marriage, byhaving an affair with Daisy who is a married woman. Even though it was not on purpose but because of angerDaisy, who was driving Gatsby’s car, hit Myrtle Wilsonand drove away.

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Robert Neville, the last human in a dystopian future, must fight everyday to survive against the vampire related creatures that want his blood. The story follows him as he deals with his past and the desperate desire to survive and find other life. Clasen’s quote describes how Robert Neville in the novel I am Legend by Richard Matheson, fights through a hostile world, himself and the values of morality. Robert Neville deals with the frustration and pain that the creatures made him feel as they tore his life apart piece by piece, and now wait to take his entire life. Robert Neville, to get beyond the horrors of his past life and the ever present threats of his current life, deals with his anger and problems through ambivalent thoughts and drinking.

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Happiness is hard to find when you chase the wrong thing. Trying to feel happy can be hard to do, but we fake it everyday with a smile. Fitzgerald’s definition of happiness is that everyone just wants the money and loses track of what's really important. People wear a mask of what they want others to see and not of what they really feel. Gatsby and Daisy show sadness about each other because of their relationship.

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Within the United States, the illegal manufacture and sale of liquor, known as “bootlegging” become an evident sight across the nation. The earliest known bootleggers began smuggling foreign liquor into the United States from across Canada, Mexico, and other sea borders. These illegal activities began to be controlled by the Mafia and other gangsters who transformed themselves into successful criminal enterprises. Primarily, Italian-American gangs entered the rapidly growing bootleg liquor business and became sophisticated criminals, skilled at smuggling, fraud and bribing public officials (OSU). Chicago’s Al Capone became the most notorious example, “earning an estimated $60 million annually from the bootlegging and speakeasy business” (OSU).

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The American Dream is a vision held by the working class of America: a dream in which one can achieve all that he desires through hard work and perseverance. The reader sees Gatsby as a self-made man: a man with everything you could possible want in life, a man who has achieved the American Dream to its fullest, and yet, this image is marred by his unhappiness. A barrier between the inherently wealthy and ‘new money’ blocks his ability to win back the girl he loves, placed there by by the embodiment of the upper class in America - Tom Buchanan. Tom never saw Gatsby as his equal because Gatsby was not born with money, calling him a “Mr. Nobody from Nowhere” (130). The working class sees this statement as an example of why the American Dream is not worth the effort.

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Many must resort to competition in order to achieve the Dream, including Gatsby who is involved in bootlegging and is competing with Tom for Daisy’s love. Myrtle and the Buchanans show that the increasing desire of materialism makes the Dream almost impossible to obtain and demoralizes those who try to reach it. Fitzgerald mocks the American Dream by showing how the 1920s was the beginning of the Dream’s destruction; a dream that was once hopeful became completely damaging and impossible. In his book, The Epic of America, James Truslow Adams explains the American Dream to be "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” (Adams xvi).

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The American dream states that any individual can achieve success regardless of family history, race, and/or religion simply by working hard. The 1920’s were a time of corruption and demise of moral values in society. The first World War had passed, and people were reveling in the materialism that came at the end of it, such as advanced technology and innovative inventions. The novel The Great Gatsby exploits the theme of the American Dream as it takes place in a corrupt period in history. Although the American Dream seemed more attainable than ever in the 1920’s, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby demonstrates how materialism and the demise of moral values in society leads to the corruption and impossibility of the American Dream.

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