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The Great Gatsby: A Great Work
The Great Gatsby is one of the greatest literary works of this period, in which the American economy soared, bringing high levels of prosperity to the nation.
This great work by F. Scott Fitzgerald may seem like a story of the thwarted love between a man and a woman, however, it encompasses a much larger, less romantic scope. The Great Gatsby is a story that depicts the American dream while at the same time criticizes the flaws of the upper class during the 1920's, which enviably can lead to someone's downfall, in this case, Jay Gatsby. The strong themes such as the decline of the American dream along with the use of historical significance make this novel adequate for personal reflection.
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald contains some strong thematic elements, making the story alluring to the reader. One of the many important themes in this novel would clearly be the decline of the American dream in the 1920s. The Great Gatsby is a highly symbolic meditation on 1920s America as a whole, in particular the disintegration of the American dream in an era of unprecedented prosperity and material excess. Taking place in a town called West Eggs, Jay Gatsby constantly throws lavish parties, but nobody knows where he comes from, what he does or how he makes his fortune...