Essay on The Great Gatsby: American Dream, Materialism, and Corruption

This essay analyzes the themes of corruption and the American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. It explores how the pursuit of wealth and material possessions corrupts the ideals of the American Dream, as exemplified by characters like Jay Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy. The essay discusses how materialism leads to pressure, envy, and dishonesty, ultimately leading to disillusionment. The author argues that the characters' excessive focus on material wealth and status undermines the true essence of the American Dream, leading to suffering and a distorted sense of right and wrong. Through references to scholarly articles, the essay provides a critical examination of these themes and their implications within the novel's context, concluding that the pursuit of wealth can be a dishonorable path, disrupting moral values.

Running head: ESSAY 1
ENGLISH ESSAY
Student details:
7/17/2019

ESSAY 2
The corruption as well as dishonesty is predictable in the dream determined via money. A
novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story of classic 20th century, which assesses
as well as critiques idea of American dream. This story is successful to exemplify corruption
money directed by the introduction of materialistic value in the American’s life in a search of
‘The American Dream’. In the following parts, the concept of American dream is discussed and
critically examined.
Further, the American Dream is basically a concept, which anybody in USA may achieve by the
hard work and may get pleasure as well as success. It has extended on throughout years and at
the present incorporates concepts of getting freedom, power as well as wealth. In year 1920,
while 'The Great Gatsby' was on paper Jazz Age was captivating hold as well as the American
Dream became more about material possession being utilized to state the status and wealth of
person to show that they have become winner. A concept of free market, and business rebellion
rendered the chance to confiscate a marketplace (Fahimeh 1295-1299).
Jay Gatsby is a person whose life was as same as American dream. Gatsby is a famous individual
who gives the stunning parties. Gatsby has a stunning house with different luxury cars in
driveway, groomed garden as well as walkway. Gatsby wears fashionable as well as beautifully
colored shirts. Other characters live such a life, such as Tom and Daisy. All the characters appear
to value the material sides of lives as well as are making try to struggle for power along with
status (Jeanne 265-271). Additionally, the materialistic things draw the image of beauty for the
people chasing the fictitious happiness however; actually they make their lives full of pressure,
envy, hubris, as well as dishonesty. The reason of Gatsby was to get his love of his life Daisy.

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But in the end Daisy chose richer man. Daisy gave preference to wealth instead of happiness
(Andrew 162).
In conclusion, it can say that the American dream is shared among various individuals in hope of
living the best prosperous life. At the time when the persons get involvement excessively in
materialistic things, in that case it would not make happiness in end, but extra suffering. The
ways taken by people to get the dream are not proving to be honest as well as straightforward
with them. The goal of person is filled with venality and would do whatever this considers to get
the goals of power in a world of business. This dream is not like a dream. It is very terrible. This
dream is not like a dream of sportspersons, performers and models. The dream of becoming rich
is a dishonorable way that will disrupt a sense of right and wrong in corruption (Sarah 6-30).

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References
Alexander, Jeanne M. "‘West of Sunset’Imagines F. Scott Fitzgerald's Last Years in
Hollywood." The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review 14.1 (2016): 265-271.
Churchwell, Sarah. "“The Balzacs of America”: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Burton Rascoe, and the Lost
Review of The Great Gatsby." The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review 14.1 (2016): 6-30.
Gross, Andrew S. "10 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925)." Handbook of the American
Novel of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 4 (2017): 162.
Keshmiri, Fahimeh. "The Disillusionment of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Dreams and Ideals in The
Great Gatsby." Theory and Practice in Language Studies 6.6 (2016): 1295-1299.