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INTRODUCTION • Gatsby mistakenly believes that he can repeat the past and be reunited with Daisy. • Gatsby believes that financial success will lead to spiritual fulfilment and happiness showing he can achieve the aims of the American Dream • I will examine the characterisation and theme through Gatsby’s background, his financial success and mistake, his happiness and failure. DEFINATION OF AMERICAN DREAM • Gatsby believes if he can achieve the American Dream he can win back Daisy. ... GATSBY BACKGROUND • 12 years old he met Dan Cody whose lifestyle influenced him- his yacht “represented all the beauty and glamour in the world”-material aspiration • Gatsby created his own identity for himself and created the kind of boy a 17 year old would create- confident • At the end of the novel his father shows Nick his schedule- ways he could improve- shows determination GATSBY MATERIAL SUCCESS • 2 sides- thought he was a typical made man and a good example of how hard work can lead to material success- living the dream- money is through crime • Nick admired his “extraordinary gift for hope” • His house- symbol of success “factual imitation (not the real thing) of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy”- clear vision of success • His parties- “In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and champagne and the stars”- simile shows intense movement, servants, orchestra, bad behaved guests- symbol of extravagance and carelessness of the rich. |
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