Fitzgerald's belief on the death of the American Dream is most represented as the true dreamers and hope filled, desire stuffed characters in the book, Myrtle & Tom, die. No matter how hard they try, or how many lists they write, or how many years they try and go back in time, in the end it's all pointless as they can't work hard enough for their dreams to come true. They started out as normal people most likely and married into or were given money. They didn't work for it and were given all the advantages someone could possess...and still the dreams were not brought to fruition.
Myrtle and Gatsby mainly have all the hope. Myrtle with Tom and all of her lists and many things to do which would've made here so happy if completed. All she really ever wanted was Tom but she couldn't have him outright because of Daisy. Gatsby was murdered by Wilson because he thought that Gatsby had killed Daisy. Jealously, deceit, and bad circumstances ended their dreams. The only people with real, large ambitions were killed. Pretty straightforward.
This is a rough idea of what i'll do but for now it'll have to do.
I think your essay is going to be really good, I am already intrigued by your blog. I like how your comparing Myrtle and Tom. I also really like the reference to the lists.
ReplyDelete