The Corruption of the American Dream
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Pages: 3
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those who try to maintain a lifestyle based purely on materialistic values are doomed by their self-delusion. The novel becomes an exploration of the American Dream, challenging it. Wilson uses the American Dream as a goal to strive for. Wilson works his whole life to achieve it and in return receives nothing. Gatsby, lured on by Daisy, who is no more than a symbol for him, pursues the green light and is eve6ntually destroyed.
those who try to maintain a lifestyle based purely on materialistic values are doomed by their self-delusion. The novel becomes an exploration of the American Dream, challenging it. Wilson uses the American Dream as a goal to strive for. Wilson works his whole life to achieve it and in return receives nothing. Gatsby, lured on by Daisy, who is no more than a symbol for him, pursues the green light and is eve6ntually destroyed.