Failure and the Degeneration of America in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsb

The Great Gatsby is a bold and damning kindly commentary of America which critiques its degeneration from a nation of infinite try for and opportunity to a place of moral destitution. The novel is set during the comfortable Twenties, an era of outrageous excesses, wild lavish parties and sadly, an era of regret and woolly-headed potential. As the audience, they take us on a journey point and influenced by the moral voice of Nick Carraway, a character who is concurrently enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life sentence. Nevertheless, when Carraway rejects the East, returning to the comparatively expert morality of his ancestral West, we realize that gaiety was merely a prune facade, and that behind it lurked a hideous ugliness that penetrated to the essence of the human spirit. It was during the hint generation that the common man, a man no different to pile Gatz, pursued the glowing icons of his age. As religion gradually faded away, it was gol d that had become an object of veneration. The desire to become wealthy was parceled in the shape of the American Dream, a savage ideal that was fundamentally flawed from the outset. The delusion of the American Dream cursed all who aspired to its promises while the upper part enjoyed the luxuries that accompanied their status, exploiting those below them as a means to reaffirm their superiority. Consequently, pile Gatz, under the influence of characters like Dan Cody and Meyer Wolfshiem, underwent a self-transformation to become Gatsby, a new man who was founded on his Plutonic conception of himself. As the embodiment of high-mindedness and innocence, Gatsby strives to cre... ...ut also the destiny of human kind. It is a novel with a relentless tone that questions the very essence of our pursuits in life and ultimately, the meaning of life itself. It can only be hoped that we will heed this powerful message. kit and boodle Cited and Consulted Berman, Ronald. The G reat Gatsby and Fitzgeralds World of Ideas. Tuscaloosa U of Alabama P, 1997. Chambers, John B. The Novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald. London Macmillan/ virgin York St Martins P, 1989. deKoster, Katie, ed. Readings on The Great Gatsby. San Diego Greenhaven, 1998. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Simon and Schuster Inc., New York 1991. Higgins, John A. F. Scott Fitzgerald A subscribe of the Stories. New York St. Johns UP, 1971. Whitley, John S. F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby. London Edward Arnold, 1976.