Great Gatsby, death of hope

F. Scott Fitzgerald epitomizes his disappointment with the failure of the American Dream in his breakthrough novel, The Great Gatsby. The theme of the withering of the American dream is personified through many of its characters. There is a strong contrast between the wealthy and the poor, as the contrast of those pursuing the American dream and the ones that have reached it. Fitzgerald makes a heavy point, though, in exaggerating the dissatisfaction and unhappiness …

…that Fitzgerald personifies the American dream. To him, America has turned into melting pot of dissatisfaction and no hope. The wealthy will only destroy the poor. In this battle of good and evil, Fitzgerald believes that the evil has won by killing the aspirations of the honest. In this new America, the only way to achieve happiness is through cheating and deceit. Through the novel, Fitzgerald announced to the optimistic world that hope has died.