Mrs. Harrison
ELA
April 28, 2017
Choose one of the themes in the book that we identified and discussed in class (this should be in your notes) and decide which one you believe is the primary theme of The Great Gatsby. Explain why you think this is the primary theme and provide three pieces of textual evidence to support your position.
I think that The American Dream had a theme of unreal hope and artificial happiness. In class the group that did the American Dream really caught my attention because the book didn’t talk about it often but their evidence made it all make sense. There was some parts of the book that made The American Dream sound like it wasn't a good thing. I also really like how the book was more descriptive on details when talking about the people who were more wealthy living the American Dream. In class we talked about the green light and how it is very important in the book because it also represented the American Dream, the book also quotes that Fitzgerald wrote, “Gatsby believes in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.” If the green light was a symbol for The American Dream then why was Fitzgerald saything that The American Dream every year moved farther and farther away which made it less achievable even though Gatsby still believed in it. Fitzgerald also quoted “For Daisy was young and her artificial world was redolent of orchids and pleasant.” I also really like this because Daisy was technically living the American Dream.
