ENG 200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Infobase Publishing, American Notes, The Waste Land
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Many americans perceive the american dream as a pursuit of happiness, a promise to achieve success and to advance to a higher level within the superstructure of society. Fitzgerald"s novel, the great gatsby, jay gatsby thrives to attain the golden girl daisy. Buchanan in order to complete his american dream. Throughout the novel, gatsby"s dream is represented by the use of the green light at the end of daisy"s dock, which is not only the colour of money, but also of land and new opportunities in the 1920"s. Furthermore, fitzgerald introduces symbols such as dr t. j. eckleburg and the colour yellow in order to enhance the reader"s view of corruption within society that is caused by the eagerness to achieve the. American dream by characters like jay gatsby and myrtle wilson; those who challenge the rules of society in order to attain the american dream.
