The American Dream by Maxwell Goldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5 A vision to achieve financial prosperity en-us 2019-03-11 16:14:14 UTC 2025-10-22 21:35:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/214662190/f6d0ba4b6d53afbae44ed36af20f33ab/america.jpg Fashion/Clothing 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340039851 Buying from expensive brands to show off wealth ]]> 2019-03-11 16:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340039851 Social Media 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340041485 Viewing other people's fortune/success and aspiring to be like them]]> 2019-03-11 16:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340041485 Nice Car 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340043231 A symbol of accumulating enough wealth to show off]]> 2019-03-11 16:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340043231 Retirement 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340044214 Aspiring to have enough money to retire at a younger age]]> 2019-03-11 16:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340044214 Education 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340044798 The gateway people take to get the job the want to make the money they want]]> 2019-03-11 16:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340044798 Mansion 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340046375 Idealizing of living in a grand house]]> 2019-03-11 16:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340046375 Family 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340046722 Having enough money to raise and support a family]]> 2019-03-11 16:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340046722 Money 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340047817 Making/Maintaining lots of money]]> 2019-03-11 16:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340047817 Travel 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340048939 To not have a "routine life" and be rich and travel the world]]> 2019-03-11 16:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340048939 Dirty Money 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340050950 Attempting to get rich fast regardless of the morality/legality]]> 2019-03-11 16:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340050950 The American Dream 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340053085 The American Dream is a vision to achieve financial prosperity and seek the benefits that come with it]]> 2019-03-11 16:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340053085 "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and . . . then retreated back into their money . . . and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (Fitzgerald 179). 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340058165 Relating to Daisy and Tom's ability to create drama and issues but fall back on their wealth and high status. ]]> 2019-03-11 16:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340058165 "'I imagined it. A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers, you know'" (Fitzgerald 107). 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340194270 Relating to Gatsby getting dirty money]]> 2019-03-11 23:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340194270 "One of them was that, after she was free, they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house" (Fitzgerald 109). 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340195632 Relating to Daisy and Gatsby wanting to travel and sit down and have a life together. ]]> 2019-03-11 23:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340195632 "'An Oxford man!' He was incredulous. 'Like hell he is! He wears a pink suit.' 'Nevertheless he’s an Oxford man.' 'Oxford, New Mexico,' snorted Tom contemptuously, 'or something like that'" (Fitzgerald 122). 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340196467 Relating to Tom doubting Gatsby's education, which also doubts his means of how gets all his money]]> 2019-03-11 23:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340196467 "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice . . . 'Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had'" (Fitzgerald 1) 20mgoldring https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340200151 Showing how Nick's upbringing brought him more benefits and made his life easier than most who weren't as wealthy.]]> 2019-03-11 23:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgoldring/b3d4b93c6pi5/wish/340200151