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My Creative Task is responding to Question 2. I have chosen to write about issues faced in The Great Gatsby through the experience of Jay Gatsby’s Butler. I have opted to form the creative from the experience and view of The Butler is because he is someone the audience may relate to and see the issue that is brought up. The Butler represents those of society who are working and trying; he is also able to give you insights of Gatsby and the issues which The Butler faces. The butler typically viewed as a character that is insignificant, but he is the only person who can tell the reader everything. The ideas which most interested me was how society was more focused on wealth and how they are socially perceived. The creative is set in the early 1920’s in West Egg Long Island, exploring the idea of success and wealth encountering the pretensions people.” It is the 1920’s, a time of tremendous change. World War I has recently ended, and the economy is booming”. A time which alcohol was illegal in yet many were still buying and spending money on useless things. …show more content…

America was a slave to its psychotic craze for the need of wealth; this is an allegory to represent the 1920’s. The symbol of the American Dream is the opportunity available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals achieved. The Butler represents the American dream in an independent aspect. The Butler is in comparison to Gatsby and Gatsby’s friends, but the Butler is the symbol of those who are happier than those who have the American Dream. Gatsby has the American Dream, but he is still not fulfilled or satisfied as those without the American Dream are striving and are

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