Great Gatsby

Reading the highly-acclaimed novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, is an excellent way in which to learn about New York City and about America in the 1920s through literature. Certainly there are scenes, characters and quotes that are exaggerated and enhanced beyond what the real world at that time represented -- which is the license that writers of fiction are afforded. But the big picture of The Great Gatsby -- beyond the star-crossed love theme between Gatsby and Daisy -- is for the most part a portrayal of a slice of Americana out of what was called "The Roaring Twenties" and the "Jazz Age," and this paper references examples and themes from Fitzgerald's novel.

The Fading of the American Dream

The novel shows that money has corrupted key characters, notably Gatsby. And the sudden wealth that led to the corruption of values and morals happened after...
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