In the 1920’s, numerous authors began to attack the American Dream as merely an apocryphal myth. ... more In the 1920’s, numerous authors began to attack the American Dream as merely an apocryphal myth. Modernism, a new movement in the arts and literature, emerged during that time. It was born of the urge to reject traditional modes of representation. Its proponents sought to articulate a new vision. During the Jazz age, Modernist authors in the United States felt compelled to unravel the truth behind the hypocritical ideal that had long deluded the American people, namely that success could be achieved through hard and honest work. No one was better able to describe this tenebrous and contradictory period of American history than F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel 'The Great Gatsby'. We hereby provide an analysis of a passage in the Great Gatsby in order to peer beneath veneer of the American dream. We describe Fitzgerald's brilliance in evoking an era when 'God is dead' (Nietzsche) and capitalism has taken root, rotting the dreams and souls of characters such as Nick and Gatsby, who epitomize the beliefs of the period and who are not so far removed from our world today.
In the 1920’s, numerous authors began to attack the American Dream as merely an apocryphal myth. ... more In the 1920’s, numerous authors began to attack the American Dream as merely an apocryphal myth. Modernism, a new movement in the arts and literature, emerged during that time. It was born of the urge to reject traditional modes of representation. Its proponents sought to articulate a new vision. During the Jazz age, Modernist authors in the United States felt compelled to unravel the truth behind the hypocritical ideal that had long deluded the American people, namely that success could be achieved through hard and honest work. No one was better able to describe this tenebrous and contradictory period of American history than F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel 'The Great Gatsby'. We hereby provide an analysis of a passage in the Great Gatsby in order to peer beneath veneer of the American dream. We describe Fitzgerald's brilliance in evoking an era when 'God is dead' (Nietzsche) and capitalism has taken root, rotting the dreams and souls of characters such as Nick and Gatsby, who epitomize the beliefs of the period and who are not so far removed from our world today.
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