The Great Gatsby.

0 I don't remember 01i00The Great Gatsby 02i00much. I recall enjoying it and finding it rather emblematic of the '20s....I'd say that Fitzgerald's vision of the '20s was as an age that was glitzy and fun on the surface but was rather empty and shallow once one dug below that optimistic veneer. And I think that Fitzgerald's short life represented a sad echo of that vision.

0 I enjoyed this book! It really impressed me... The more money in your purse the less feelings in your soul. I think that every American dream that came true has a dark side... Sometimes a mortal side... Just look at Marilyn Monroe! A symbole of american dream, so popular and lucky..... in fact so lonely... died alone... 0-

0 01b01font00I think that the elusiveness of Gatsby also refers to the elusiveness of the American Dream (if that dream is no more than glitz, wealth, security, lack of responsibility). Perhaps he is saying that we ought to re-examine our definition of the American Dream, which in that era certainly needed a re-examination.02font02b00

0I read 01i00The Great Gatsby02i00 for the first time only last week. I agree with the previous posts completely concerning its dealings with the American Dream and Fitzgerald's view of the 20s.02br
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00I think Fitzgerald's depiction of the 1920s has, in a way, shaped the way modern Americans think of the era. Whenever Americans think of the 1920s, t