The American Dream In The Great Gatsby

The American dream deals with the ability of finding oneself, or the act of individuality, as well as the pursuit of finding happiness. Despite having these dreams, money and social values appeared to be more important. Regrettably, this decision corrupted the idea of the American dream. As the audience reads The Great Gatsby, they may also see the corruption for themselves, as well as how many people have the wrong idea of how they should live their lives, and latch onto their materials, and expectations of social values. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, also known as F. Scott Fitzgerald was born to Edward and

Mollie McQuillan Fitzgerald on 24 September 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. At an early age,

Fitzgerald developed an interest in writing plays and

He did not know that it was already behind him.” (Fitzgerald 181) Gatsby never knew his fate. He never knew that Daisy was going to, in a way, betray him. He never knew that he would let his expectations get the best of him, and as we look at Gatsby’s elaborate life, we see how many people enjoyed his parties, and his nice house, but as we look at his unfortunate death, we see how many people truly cared about him, and how many were decent enough to go to his funeral. “…But it wasn’t any use. Nobody came.” (Fitzgerald 174) Fitzgerald shows the audience The American dream in the Roaring Twenties, and how corruptive, evil, and sad it truly was. The Great Gatsby, as mentioned before, was published in 1925, during The Roaring

Twenties. The Roaring Twenties was an exciting and busy time in America, hence the name

“roaring”. It was also referred to as the Jazz Age, the Age of Intolerance, and the Age of

Wonderful Nonsense. Apart from being an exciting and busy time, this was also a time of great social and political changes. The American Dream was introduced, since there was extra