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No matter what you are reading, watching, or listening to or how different they all are you will find one common tie; theme. Themes are truly unique and can overlap and recur in literature, songs, films etc., but the same theme can all be portrayed in a different way every time you come across it. In the famous American classic The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald you will find two major themes : the American dream and how greed ultimately leads to downfall, as you follow the life of Gatsby and see what it is like to live with fortune and without. Another popular American classic that covers the same two themes only in a completely different ways is The Jungle a novel by Upton Sinclair that tells the story of an immigrant family entering the U.S in hope of a better life. Theme is not only a common overlap in literature but in film as well, in the movie The Wolf
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‘ Its full of -’ I hesitated. ‘ Her voice is full of money.’ he said suddenly.” (Fitzgerald. 128.)
The Buchanan (Tom and Daisy) display greed together as well because they are wealthy and only buy the best for themselves and seem to only care for themselves when it comes down to it.
“They were careless people. Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then they retreated back into their money, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” (Fitzgerald. 191)
The American dream is also seen from Nick the narrator of the story who sees the lavish life of Gatsby while he lives in a tiny house between two massive mansions. Even though Nick sees the lavish lifestyle he still denies Gatsby's attempt to pull him into the illegal trade of alcohol and states that he will make his money honestly by working at a brokerage. “ I had no choice but to cut him off there. ‘I’ve got my hands full ,’ I said ‘I’m much obliged but I couldn't take on any more work.” (Fitzgerald.