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Everything you need to know about The Great Gatsby: Theme & Key Quotes: The American Dream for the A Level English Language and Literature OCR exam, totally free, with assessment questions, text & videos.
the American Dream. He personifies the verve that the American Dream inspires in American society. Interestingly, Jay Gatsby does no, achieve the American Dream despite being more invested in its promise than the other characters. Whilst Gatsby’s wealth is a means of getting Daisy, Daisy is a proxy for wealth and the American Dream.
- He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward – and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock.
- But above the grey land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessly over it, you perceive, after a moment, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg.
- He smiled understandingly—much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life.
- “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.
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2Q The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945 — 1980. Marked answers from students for questions from the June 2022 exams. Supporting commentary is provided to help you understand how marks are awarded and how students can improve performance. Version 1.0 September 2023.
Historical and Literary Context for Edward Albee's American Dream. Learn all about American Dream, ask questions, and get the answers you need.
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Key quotation: The American Dream. On page 159 Henry Gatz says of his son: ‘He had a big future before him’; and on page 164, he repeats the point: ‘he had a big future in front of him’.
