21st-century Myth of the American Dream
One of the first novels that show up when looking up the American Dream is The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby’s…
Prelim 6: Evolving Annotated Bibliography
Works Cited Citation: Aldifianto, Islam Fickih. PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF JAY GATSBY AS SEEN IN FITZGERALD’S “THE GREAT GATSBY”. Diss. Universitas Mataram,…
The Battle of Expressed Self vs. Unexpressed Self
In 1922, Jay Gatsby, a well-known, successful man of West Egg, was faced with an internal battle of who he…
Materialism and Its Cost
For today’s blog post, I was influenced by a recent essay I did. In my opinion, after reading The Great…
To Self Invent
There are multiple ways to go about the American Dream, including to self-invent or inventing in general. When self inventing,…
Is It Only About Survival?
This past week, while walking to one of my classes on Friday, I overheard someone talking about the American Dream…
Since 1931
In 1931, James Truslow Adams wrote a book titled Epic of America. From this book was born The American Dream,…
The Gatsby Deception
While The Great Gatsby embodies The American Dream and Spirit, does it really signify success in achieving it? As the…
The Jay Gatsby American Dream
Here is one example and perspective of The American Dream. In The Great Gatsby, the protagonist Jay Gatsby is the…
Pros and Cons of The American Dream
In my previous post, I talked about how to obtain The American Dream and briefly about some of the risks…