part 2-cassic(yuhan) wang - the connection between American dream and Gatsby
In the novel Great Gatsby, Gatsby is a man
with low self-esteem and resentment of his own birth. This can be reflected in
the article, when Gatsby invited Nick to have lunch, he tried to cover up the
fact that he came from a bad family by introducing his own experience in a
dazzling way.
At the same time, in the article, the author indicates that Gatsby is not a real white figure through other characters' hints on Gatsby's race. Tom, for example, will the ambiguous relation of Daisy and Gatsby has described as "white and black", visible, as a white supremacist Tom don't agree with Gatsby is white, but for Jordan next words "everyone here is white," Tom did not answer, which creates a gates than racial identity ambiguity. These two sentences illustrate the racial discrimination of Tom and Jordan as white people against other people of color. At the same time, as a person who was implied as a colored person in the article and looked down upon by white people like Tom and Jordan, Gatsby tried his best to gain others' recognition in the novel to dispel the prejudice of white people against him. He yearned for their approval, for being of their own class and equality. But they did not achieve the definition of American dream that I come up that everyone wants the freedom of races equality.ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ Both of the Gatsby and the people who are the different races should do their best to change the status to change this phenomenon, not only the people who are rich and have the power, but also the people who live in the lower class. At the same time, they also need to call attention to racial discrimination.
In the part 1, I used two examples of American laws on racial discrimination and demonstrations, Such the racial discrimination caused by race and skin color is also reflected in Gatsby's task in the great Gatsby's novel. Both of them are trying their best to eliminte the discrimination between the different races and the discrimination of the colored people. All of them are fighting for their freedom of the races equality.
At the same time, in the article, the author indicates that Gatsby is not a real white figure through other characters' hints on Gatsby's race. Tom, for example, will the ambiguous relation of Daisy and Gatsby has described as "white and black", visible, as a white supremacist Tom don't agree with Gatsby is white, but for Jordan next words "everyone here is white," Tom did not answer, which creates a gates than racial identity ambiguity. These two sentences illustrate the racial discrimination of Tom and Jordan as white people against other people of color. At the same time, as a person who was implied as a colored person in the article and looked down upon by white people like Tom and Jordan, Gatsby tried his best to gain others' recognition in the novel to dispel the prejudice of white people against him. He yearned for their approval, for being of their own class and equality. But they did not achieve the definition of American dream that I come up that everyone wants the freedom of races equality.ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ Both of the Gatsby and the people who are the different races should do their best to change the status to change this phenomenon, not only the people who are rich and have the power, but also the people who live in the lower class. At the same time, they also need to call attention to racial discrimination.
In the part 1, I used two examples of American laws on racial discrimination and demonstrations, Such the racial discrimination caused by race and skin color is also reflected in Gatsby's task in the great Gatsby's novel. Both of them are trying their best to eliminte the discrimination between the different races and the discrimination of the colored people. All of them are fighting for their freedom of the races equality.
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