Corruption of the American Dream in the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzge

Broken romances and Fallen Themes In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald employs the use of characters, tooth roots, and symbolism to convey the idea of the American Dream and its corruption through the aspects of wealth, family, and status. In regards to wealth and success, Fitzgerald makes clear the growing corruption of the American Dream by using Gatsby himself as a symbol for the spoil dream throughout the text. In addition, when portraying the family the characters in Great Gatsby are used to expose the corruption growing in the family system present in the novel. Finally, the American longing for status as a citizen is gravely overshot when Gatsby surrounds his life with walls of lies in order to fulfill his desires for an impure dream. F. Scot. Fitzgerald, through his use of symbols, characters, and theme, displays for the ratifier a tale that provides a commentary on the American dream and more importantly on its corruption. Though success lies at the heart of the American dr eam, Fitzgerald deftly portrays the ease with which this sacred idea can become tainted by commenting on the corruption of wealth. Gatsby exemplifies the American dream in his ideals, in this movement the desire for success and self-substantiation however, this dream become corrupted because he is not able to distinguish the acquisition of wealth from the pursuit of his dream, embodied by Daisy, and is tainted by the illicit foundations of his wealth as well as his desires for an unsuitable married woman. Fitzgerald uses the symbol of the common land light at the beginning of the novel to bring Gatsbys dream and even uses the light to introduce him for the first time. He Gatsby stretched his arms out towards the dark water in a curious way, and as far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing but a single green light, minute and far away(Fitzgerald 26). The author uses the light to represent the American dre am initially the color green represented fertility, which plays a prominent eccentric in the dream, but as the story progresses the green light grows to symbolize coin. In his essay Money, Love, and Aspiration, Roger Lewis discusses the means by which Gatsby amasses his wealth and poisons his dream.Gatsbys money does not smell right- however explicitly tacitly condoned by the denizens of Gatsbys world illegal... ...n dream can poison the family. In addition, at one plosive speech sound in the book, Gatsby works with Nick to bring her over so that he can see her again and show her his house. The moment when they appear truly felicitous together occurs when they are together in Gatsbys gardens. Fitzgerald plays upon the classic garden image to show that the two are only happy in their naturally state, but they are not they live in the world tainted by the actions and more specifically the failings of mankind. Furthermore, Roger Lewis implies the importance of the valley of ashes in the portrayal of the theme of Gatsby.In brief, the world of The Great Gatsby can seem as sordid, loveless, commercial, and dead as the ash heaps presided over by the eyes of dr. T.J. Eckleburg. Indeed, this atmosphere is so essential that one of the alternate titles Fitzgerald considered was Among the Ash-Heaps and Millionaires. Fitzgerald using the valley of ashes, illustrates an environment where love has lost its place, which destroys hope for a family the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg, clearly intended to represent those of god, emphasizes that this omit of love and filial piety in a sin against themselves as well as society and God