The Great Gatsby

“Disillusion, The New Illusion” In The Great Gatsby, WWI had previously ended a few years earlier in 1918, Nick was among the generation of Americans coming home from a brutal carnage that would make early twentieth century American seem like an empty hyprocracy. Gatsby’s dream of loving Daisy was ruined by the respective social statuses, and ends up resorting to crime in order to make enough money to impress her. The differences in opinion between …

…without ever thinking twice. Through back stabbing friends and characters who are willing to sacrifice the well being of others to pursue happiness, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” shows just how disillusioned the 1920s, and America, had become. In order to keep the peace and allow the American dream to thrive as it was intended, we should follow more closely and keep in mind the original foundation our country was created out of.