THE GREAT GATSBY
The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald embodies may
themes, however the most salient one relates to the
corruption of the American Dream. The American Dream is
that each person no matter who he or she is can become
successful in life by his or her own hard work. The
dream also embodies the idea of a self-sufficient man,
an entrepreneur making it successful for himself. The
Great Gatsby is about what happened to the American
dream in the 1920s, a time period when the dream had
been corrupted by the avaricious pursuit of wealth. The
American dream is sublime motivatio…
