American Dreaming: Really Reading The Great Gatsby

Abstract

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (1925) is one of the best known and most widely read and taught novels in American literature. It is so familiar that even those who have not read it believe that they have and take for granted that they know about its main character and theme of the American Dream. We need to approach The Great Gatsby as if it were new and really read it, paying close attention to Fitzgerald's literary language. His novel gives us a vivid depiction of and insight into income inequality as it existed in the 1920s and, by extension, as it exists today, when the American Dream is even more limited to the fortunate few, not within reach of the many. When we really read The Great Gatsby, we perceive and understand the American dimension of the novel and appreciate, too, the global range and relevance that in it Fitzgerald has achieved. It is a great American book and a great book of world literature.

Great Gatsby and the unwelcome entrance of the New Woman

“…Long touted as an American classic by virtue of its chronicling of the changing American society and the great American dream touching the fairer sex, the idea of gender superiority (or inferiority) still remains a predominant motif amongst the lesser ones, such as, class consciousness, material achievement, race, and even environmentalism. Cain (2020) rightly notes that connecting this novel with the 'American Dream' is an odd practice indeed, given the fact that it runs contrary to the ideals of this dream which are equality, opportunity, success and happiness for all. The tag of 'classic' though is justified by all or most of these issues being still relevant to the American society even almost a hundred years later.…”

Analysis of the Conversational Meaning of The Great Gatsby in Terms of the Principles of Cooperation

“…Published by Francis Academic Press, UK -80-typical discourses in The Great Gatsby based on the principles of cooperation, with the aim of exploring the personalities and inner worlds of various novel characters [3][4].…”

“…It is not that they are thoughtless but, rather, that they "think in money." (William E, 2020) Furthermore, there is a conversation between Daisy and Nick. Nick has promised Gatsby that he can help him arrange a private meeting with his cousin Daisy.…”

Karakter Protagonis Panchito: Studi Cerpen the Circuit Karya Francisco Jiménez

“…Dalam hal agama, pernikahan campuran, dan pola kekerabatan, proses asimilasi mereka masih rendah, sedangkan proses asimilasi dalam hal pendidikan dan ekonomi, keturunan Meksiko-Amerika masih menyikapinya secara parsial (Perez-Soria, 2017). Kondisi ini dipengaruhi oleh dinamika sejarah imigran Latin yang memiliki catatan keimigrasian yang tinggal sementara maupun tetap, dan keahlian atau kualifikasi imigran di kurun waktu berbeda (Cain, 2020).…”