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The American Dream In The Great Gatsby

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Gatsby is an interesting character. He represents the American dream in its entirety. At the beginning of the book he is established as a dreamer who is gracious and a little mysterious. As the book unfolds the reader will start to realize that everything Gatsby does is to fulfill a very unrealistic dream. That dream of his is to recapture the past. In this essay the character that is Gatsby will be analyzed and broken down to see truly why he did what he did and who he really was. Gatsby is in some ways great, as the title suggests, but when looking at him through a critical view, the reader might realize some of the things he stands for isn't so admirable. Gatsby is described as the american dream because he comes from nothing and grows
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