During the 1920's America was a country of great ambition,

despair and disappointment. The novel The Great Gatsby is

a reflection of this decade, it illustrates the burning passion

one man has toward his "American Dream" and the different

aspects of the dream. Fitzgerald's work is a reflection of

America during his lifetime. The Great Gatsby shows the

ambition of one man's reach for his "American Dream," the

disappointment of losing this dream and the despair of his

loss. America, 1920, the ambition in people soared; the

American people knew that if they tried they could succeed.

With the introduction flappers and the women's liberation

movement nothing was impossible to achieve. James Gatz,

"[. . .] the man who gives his name to this book [. . .]"

(Fitzgerald 2) had this ambition in him too. He was a man

who fought long and hard to earn his place in the world as

Jay Gatsby. He had dreamed of transforming himself from

the poor, young man that he was into the wealthy......

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Title: Great Gatsby
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