Volume : II, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

Materialism And American Dream In F. Scott. Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

Neha

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The Great Gatsby reflects the mood of glamour and wild ecstasy of the times of the 1920s in the American society up to a level which apparently, will never be realized again. The hot pursuit of materialistic goals the prevailing obsession with amassing wealth through fair, foul means seems to have engulfed the perfect America. The Great Gatsby speaks of the emptiness that lies at the very heart of glamour and ostentation symbolizing the Jazz Age. The Jazz Age gets reflected in the parties that capture the mood of self-confidence and gaudiness but it remains an undeniable fact that deep down in this mood lie boredom, fear and unavoidable crack-up. The action of the novel takes place in some important and lavish parties given by the different characters in the novel. The novel explores the American dream as it exists at a time in which a spiritual part of it has been wiped out and the material part has become the only means recognized as a way to achieve it.

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Neha Materialism And American Dream In F. Scott. Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 8 August 2013

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