Corruption of the American Dream in the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzge

Broken Dreams and Fallen Themes In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald employs the use of characters, themes, and symbolisation to convey the idea of the American Dream and its corruption through the aspects of wealth, family, and status. In regards to wealth and success, Fitzgerald makes clear the growing corruption of the American Dream by using Gatsby himself as a symbol for the devalued conceive of throughout the text. In addition, when portraying the family the characters in Great Gatsby be used to check the corruption growing in the family system present in the novel. Finally, the American longing for status as a citizen is gravely everyplaceshot when Gatsby surrounds his smell with walls of lies in order to fulfill his desires for an impure fancy. F. Scot. Fitzgerald, through his use of symbols, characters, and theme, displays for the proofreader a tale that provides a commentary on the American dream and more importantly on its corruption. Though success lies at the heart of the American dream, Fitzgerald deftly portrays the ease with which this sacred idea can contract tainted by commenting on the corruption of wealth. Gatsby exemplifies the American dream in his ideals, in this case the desire for success and self-substantiation however, this dream become corrupted because he is non able to distinguish the acquisition of wealth from the credit line of his dream, embodied by Daisy, and is tainted by the illicit foundations of his wealth as well as his desires for an unsuitable married woman. Fitzgerald uses the symbol of the green airheaded at the beginning of the novel to represent Gatsbys dream and yet uses the light to introduce him for the first time. He Gatsby stretched his arms out towards the racy water in a curious way, and as far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing but a single green light, exquisite and far away(Fitzgerald 26). The author uses the light t o represent the American dream initially the color green represented fertility, which plays a prominent function in the dream, but as the story progresses the green light grows to make up money. In his essay Money, Love, and Aspiration, Roger Lewis discusses the means by which Gatsby amasses his wealth and poisons his dream.Gatsbys money does not smell right- however explicitly tacitly condoned by the denizens of Gatsbys cosmea illegal... ...n dream can poison the family. In addition, at one point in the book, Gatsby works with Nick to bring her over so that he can see her again and show her his house. The event when they appear truly happy together occurs when they are together in Gatsbys gardens. Fitzgerald plays upon the classic garden image to show that the two are only happy in their naturally state, but they are not they live in the world tainted by the actions and more specifically the failings of mankind. Furthermore, Roger Lewis implies the importance of the valley of changees in the portrayal of the theme of Gatsby.In brief, the world of The Great Gatsby can seem as sordid, loveless, commercial, and dead as the ash heaps presided over by the eyes of dr. T.J. Eckleburg. Indeed, this atmosphere is so immanent that one of the alternate titles Fitzgerald considered was Among the Ash-Heaps and Millionaires. Fitzgerald using the valley of ashes, illustrates an environment where love has bewildered its place, which destroys hope for a family the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg, clearly intended to represent those of god, emphasizes that this omit of love and filial piety in a sin against themselves as well as society and God