https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra The American Dream is not always defined by the accumulation of wealth. en-us 2019-03-11 16:13:59 UTC 2024-05-28 09:24:18 UTC hello@padlet.com 20zking https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340053145 When thinking of the american dream people always think about money first. It's what makes the world go round and drives people to succeed. "It was full of money – that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it… high in a white palace the king's daughter, the golden girl." (Fitzgerald 120)]]> 2019-03-11 16:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340053145 20zking https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340055345 The American Dream is what encompasses America. It is the sense of hope for millions of people that you can succeed in this prosperous land however that may be. ]]> 2019-03-11 16:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340055345 20zking https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340480023 Gatsby was so caught up in the past he wanted to recreate it and have things be the same as they once were. "Can't repeat the past?" He cried incredulously. "Why of course you can!" (Fitzgerald 111)]]> 2019-03-12 15:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340480023 20zking https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340480700 Social class, especially in the begging of the 20th century, was heavily based on how you acquired your wealth and if you were born into a prosperous family or not. “I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” (Fitzgerald 17)]]> 2019-03-12 15:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340480700 20zking https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340484573 A common stereotype of wealth and success is having a large amount of materialistic things that are very nice and expensive."Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay." (Fitzgerald 6)]]> 2019-03-12 15:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340484573 20zking https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340484678 Everyone's ultimate goal in life is to achieve complete happiness. Gatsby never got to get his happy ending.]]> 2019-03-12 15:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340484678 20zking https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340484780 The driving factor of all people. Everyone wants to be loved and give love. "He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes. "(Fitzgerald 92)]]> 2019-03-12 15:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340484780 20zking https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340691353 Old money and new money separated the upper class with the old money folk thinking they were superior to the new money. ]]> 2019-03-13 02:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340691353 20zking https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340691373 The eggs were separated by old money and new money and are symbols for the corrupted society in the novel. ]]> 2019-03-13 02:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340691373 20zking https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340694617 Many characters in the novel especially Gatsby seem almost immortal with all the wealth and power they have but that turns out not to be true. ]]> 2019-03-13 02:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20zking/5caay55m49ra/wish/340694617