The Great Gatsby - With close referral to the text, explore in depth, the themes of corruption and disillusionment, and how the book has enhanced my understanding of them.

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The Great Gatsby                                                                Amy Coull

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“The Great Gatsby” is evident in its exploration of corruption and disillusionment.  This theme is intertwined in most aspects of the book, but mainly within character, setting and symbolism.  With close referral to the text, I intend to explore in depth, the themes suggested, and how the book has enhanced my understanding of them.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic “The Great Gatsby”, wholly embodies the themes of the American Dream and the corruption of 1920s America, in its exploration of Gatsby’s struggle to grasp his own unachievable dream.  With its array of settings, vast symbolism and perfectly portrayed characters, such as Tom and Daisy Buchanan, The Great Gatsby fully explores how money is a source of power and corruption. “Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”

         From the very first chapter this book promised to be full of surprises and  “intimate revelations”, instantly intriguing me to read on.  

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        The novel follows the story, told by narrator Nick Carraway, of Gatsby and his quest for love with a married woman, Daisy.  Fitzgerald introduces us to the lavish, yet comparably different lifestyles lead by Gatsby, Tom and Daisy. The novel portrays many of Gatsby’s parties and leads us through many events, like the meeting of the old lover’s, Daisy and Gatsby. The Great Gatsby builds to a climax at the death of Myrtle (Tom’s mistress) and the eventual death of Gatsby himself.

        The symbolism and characters within this book and its timeless themes of power, disillusionment and corruption, are what ...

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