https://padlet.com/jessica_mcdermitt/y690uwxvm4ke Place quotes and textual evidence related to the theme of "The American Dream" on this canvas. Include 1-2 sentences explaining how the quote connects to the theme. Feel free to connect and group posts in any way that makes sense! en-us 2018-12-03 17:05:30 UTC 2025-11-15 07:18:52 UTC hello@padlet.com jessica_mcdermitt https://padlet.com/jessica_mcdermitt/y690uwxvm4ke/wish/310754564 "We backed up to a grey old man who bore an absurd resemblance to John D. Rockefeller. In a basket, swung from his neck, cowered a dozen very recent puppies of an indeterminate breed." (32)

Comparing the man selling puppies to John D. Rockefeller connects him to capitalism and the increase of wealth associated with the American Dream.]]> 2018-12-04 06:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_mcdermitt/y690uwxvm4ke/wish/310754564 jessica_mcdermitt https://padlet.com/jessica_mcdermitt/y690uwxvm4ke/wish/310754652 "Here's your money. Go and buy ten more dogs with it." (33)

When Tom buys the puppies, he gives the man money and tells him to go invest it and make it grow.]]> 2018-12-04 06:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_mcdermitt/y690uwxvm4ke/wish/310754652 jessica_mcdermitt https://padlet.com/jessica_mcdermitt/y690uwxvm4ke/wish/310755264 "His tanned hair was drawn attractively tight on his face and his short hair looked as though it were trimmed every day." (54)

Gatsby is attractive and desirable, part of the American Dream of glitz and glamour.]]> 2018-12-04 06:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_mcdermitt/y690uwxvm4ke/wish/310755264 jessica_mcdermitt https://padlet.com/jessica_mcdermitt/y690uwxvm4ke/wish/310756011 "Most of the time I worked." (61)

Nick is trying to make a name for himself by working and studying hard. This echoes the American spirit of independence and being self-made.]]> 2018-12-04 06:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_mcdermitt/y690uwxvm4ke/wish/310756011 jessica_mcdermitt https://padlet.com/jessica_mcdermitt/y690uwxvm4ke/wish/310756333 "I am the son of some wealthy people in the middle-west--all dead now. I was brought up in America but educated at Oxford because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years." -69

This seems to contradict the idea of the American Dream because Gatsby is not self-made.]]> 2018-12-04 06:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_mcdermitt/y690uwxvm4ke/wish/310756333 jessica_mcdermitt https://padlet.com/jessica_mcdermitt/y690uwxvm4ke/wish/310757881 "For over a year he had been beating his way along the south shore of Lake Superior as a clam digger and a salmon fisher or in any other capacity that brought him food and bed." (104)

This image of Gatsby working hard to provide for himself is the essence of the American Dream.]]> 2018-12-04 06:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_mcdermitt/y690uwxvm4ke/wish/310757881