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This week in class we officially wrapped up The Great Gatsby. Throughout the week we looked at various synthesis essays and analyzed the way they were written. Aside from analyzing the way they were structured, we planned a rough draft for an essay and wrote an in class essay on Friday. The prompt, shockingly, had to deal with the American dream. The prompt had you use at least three sources to describe the uncomfortable truths of the American Dream and to what extent those truths were reached. I personally wrote that the uncomfortable truth of the American Dream was that no matter how hard one works, success is never guaranteed to the extent of having to give up happiness, having to change morals, and turning towards materialism. I used Gatsby, GAPsby, and Serving in Florida as my three sources and wrote a strong synthesis essay on the dream. I was actually very excited to write about this because i have a very strong opinion on the topic.

         I guess all good things must come to an end right? This week in class we concluded our study of Gatsby and the American Dream. Throughout our study of the dream, the most important message that I pulled away was that in reality, there is no set "dream". The American Dream is simply a manipulation of one's wishes and goals. It is something that manifests in your mind, but can never be explained or put into words. For example, in The Great Gatsby, the American dream is portrayed in several ways. Gatsby has more money than he can count, wealth and knowledge beyond ones capacity, but he lacks happiness, which holds him back a lot. His dream is to have Daisy by his side and to once again be happy. To another person, the dream might be to have enough money to feed their family and to put a roof over their head, while to yet another person the dream might be to have a BMW or a mansion or luxury. The dream contains so many variations that it is almost impossib...

This week in class was a strange one. We discovered many new things in our piece of literature, "The Great Gatsby". Not only did we elaborate on the ideology of the book itself, but we more closely looked at the fiction choice and the connections to the American Dream. Looking at the dream from an outside perspective, the dream itself includes happiness, prosperity, and great health. After close reading chapter 5 from "The Great Gatsby", pulling an article on the economy of America, and an article called "Serving in Florida", I came to a conclusion. I realized that the American Dream is not one uniform dream, it changes and molds to fit everyone's desire.  In our book, one of the main characters Daisy is said to be living the American dream. She is married to Tom, therefore giving her a family; Tom is a wealthy man, which gives her all the prosperity that she wants, but sadly she is not happy. She meets Gatsby and realizes that she is not content wi...