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Perversion Of The American Dream In The Great Gatsby

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Set in the Roaring 1920s, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the tale of an enigmatic mogul pursuing his lost love through the eyes of our narrator, Nick. A fair share of lavish parties are thrown; hearts are broken, and not everyone makes it out alive. However, the major theme of the novel has much less to do with love than with the culture of the 1920s as a whole. Behind the drama and the romance lies deep symbolism, expressing darker themes to the books occurrences. The author plays upon the idea of the perversion of the American dream. Fitzgerald uses a wide variety of unexpected figures and motifs to show that America’s decaying ethics and morals upheld by those of the era. Like a divine being scrutinizing the actions of the
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