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During the 1920's America was a country of great ambition,
despair and disappointment. The novel The Great Gatsby is
a reflection of this decade, it illustrates the burning passion
one man has toward his "American Dream" and the different
aspects of the dream. Fitzgerald's work is a reflection of
America during his lifetime. The Great Gatsby shows the
ambition of one man's reach for his "American Dream," the
disappointment of losing this dream and the despair of his
loss. America, 1920, the ambition in people soared; the
American people knew that if they tried they could succeed.
With the introduction flappers and the women's liberation
movement nothing was impossible to achieve. James Gatz,
"[. . .] the man who gives his name to this book [. . .]"
(Fitzgerald 2) had this ambition in him too. He was a man
who fought long and hard to earn his place in the world as
Jay Gatsby. He had dreamed of transforming himself from
the poor, young man that he was into the wealthy......

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