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"The Great Gatsby", paper titled, "Can the American Dream be Defined?" Compares the media portrayal of the dream to the lives the characters lived. Quotes included.
... of the American Dream roots from the Declaration of Independence where this famous statement originates, "...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". The two components of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Casting Doubt Upon the American Dream in The Great Gatsby
... as they could. Let us examine the passage from the Declaration of Independence from which that quote is taken: "We hold these ... limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward savors of anti-climax." This is difficult, because he certainly lacks ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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