"The American Dream" in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

1. Introduction F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (1925) is regarded as the most outstanding work among his novels concerning the aspects of both its thoughts and artistry. Its theme is closely related to the time and opens a window for the reader to examine the 1920s America. The seeming post-war prosperity cannot hide the actual vanity and avoid the failure of the American Dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the flaws of Gatsby's dream and corruption of …

…in vain. " So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past"(Fitzgerald, 182) Works Cited "the American Dream". Literary Terms On Line. October 3, 2004. http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/American%20dream History and Anthology of American Literature. Volume 2. Ed. Wu Weiren. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 1990. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 1992. WebTexts. October 3, 2004. http://www.novelguide.com/thegreatgatsby/themeanalysis.html