Part one of term paper
The “American Dream” in The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald sees the "American Dream" as something corrupt, and not easy to achieve. The "American Dream" is made up of a long social ladder, and it is often impossible to be accepted at the top of this social ladder. In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby as a good exampl ...

Part two of term paper
... of different ways. It can be optimism for the future. Some people start out with nothing, work honestly toil night and day, and sometimes never achieve anything. There are also people that have their family's financial support to educate them. Finally, there is the illegal way of achieving the "American Dream.” Gatsby felt that the illegal way was the most appealing to him. There are a number of passages that lead us to infer Fitzgerald's view of the "American Dream.” Near the ...