In this day and age, money is a very important asset to have. One needs to have at least enough to live on, though great amounts are preferable. In The Great Gatsby, by Thomas F. Fitzgerald, having a large amount of money is not enough. It is also the way you acquire the money that matters. Gatsby a...

"The Great Gatsby" was a great American novel that marks many controversial social and political issues of the early twentieth century in history. The issues at hand are directly targeted to the upper class tier of the American society. Of the many class issues that exist in the novel t...

The Great Gatsby American society during the 1920s was a time of cynicism, loss of values, and was mainly defined by ideological and social battles. World War I was a turning point to society and altered the class structure through ideological reform. After the war, which had been called the war to...

In the Roaring Twenties, people from all the social classes suddenly became aware of the class differences. This may be the effect of the jump on the stock market or the aftermath of a world war. It was evident that the social classes were clearly divided by location, amount of material possession...

\"The Great Gatsby\" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel about achieving and losing the \"American Dream.\" In the Great Gatsby, the dream is that anyone can gain happiness by being wealthy and having power. To gain his happiness Jay Gatsby attempts to get the love that he once had before, of his firs...

Man dreams of living the life of the elite social class and of the power and admiration inherent within. F. Scott Fitzgerald comes to terms with this American dream in The Great Gatsby, a novel about social life in the 1920's. The social hierarchy of the times plays a very important role in...

The Great Gatsby "Dreams" The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about the American Dream. In the Great Gatsby, the dream is that one can acquire happiness through wealth and power. To get his happiness Jay attempts to reacquire the love of his lost sweet heart, Daisy. The mai...

Brightness Falls Jay McInerney's novel Brightness Falls portrays the life of a young middle class couple in pursuit of attaining the American dream in urban America in the 1980's. The novel follows the couple, Russell and Corrine Calloway, as well as their friends in their middle and upp...