Brennan&ForrestGreat+Gatsby



**1. What is the American Dream? How does Gatsby represent this dream? Does the novel praise or condemn Gatsby's dream? Has the American dream changed** **since Gatsby's time?**

-The American Dream is to know what you want, and do anything it takes to get it. According to the Great Gatsby the characters are filled with hope inorder to fulfuill their life long American dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald explains the 1920s as a time of distraught social and moral values. Throughout the novel Fitzgerald describes the life of the characters as greedy with emptiness that fills their lives. Gatsby is described as reckless and a fun lover that throws immaculate parties with wild jazz music that Gatsby throws every Saturday nigh which ultimately results in the corruption of the American dream which is the overall moral of the story.



**6.** **What is the meaning of the title? In what way is Gatsby great?**

The reason that Jay Gatsby is considered “great” is because of all his success so far in his life. He is an extremely wealthy man living in a mansion in West Egg. What makes him most famous is the parties he throws every Saturday night, which so many people attend. Many people believe Gatsby is great because of all the mystery he has. No one knows really who he is, where he is from, or anything else for that matter but he is still able to make a name for himself. The one thing that seperates Gatsby from everybody else, and makes him so “great” is his amazing ability to turn his dreams into reality.

9) What makes The Great Gatsby a classic novel? Why has it maintained its place in American Literature? The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is one the greatest classic novels written. This novel further asks the question, what is the American dream? People are intrigued by the way Fitzgerald uses light and color imagery to display similes and metaphors that make up most of this book. Through the main character, Jay Gatsby, he shows a man who has everything that people believe necessary to fulfilling life, except for one thing, the love of his life. Fitzgerald’s expansive use of vocabulary throughout this entire novel ios just another contributer to the structure of this great book.

__Citation __  Fitzgerald, F. Scott. __The Great Gatsby.__ New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on The Great Gatsby.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2002. Web. 15 Mar. 2010.