It is said The Great Gatsby is the most American of stories. Our national DNA is admiration for
the self-made success story, the mythic figure who pursues and fulfils his/her dream—someone like Jay
Gatsby, a “Mr. Nobody from Nowhere” who rises from obscure poverty to immense wealth.” It’s the
story that if you work hard enough, you can succeed.” James L.W. West III, a Fitzgerald scholar calls The
Great Gatsby “a national scripture. It embodies the American spirit, the American’s will to reinvent
oneself.” He also says Gatsby explores the dream’s destructive power.” Americans pay a great price for
that dream.” The Great Gatsby also captures money’s power to corrupt, to let the rich escape from the
consequences of their actions.
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