Essay #4: The American Dream and Nightmare of The Great Gatsby Due: Apr 29, 2016, 04:00 PM English 1302 Essay #4: The American Dream and Nightmare of The Great Gatsby After reading the novel and participating in class discussion, you will analyze the motif of the American dream versus the American nightmare prevalent in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The thesis statement of your intro should include the aforementioned motif, author, and correctly punctuated novel title. Select one situation, setting, concept, or character that represents the American dream to prove in your first body paragraph. With an appropriate transitional flow, proceed subsequently in proving the antithetical American nightmare evident within the novel in your second body paragraph, by selecting a different situation, setting, concept, or character. Balance evenly the analysis and the number of quoted phrases within each paragraph. Limit any textual material to a phrase no lengthier than a line of your essay. Include the parenthetical documentation, omitting Fitzgerald’s name as you have directly identified the author in your intro, and you are limiting your analysis to this one novel. i.e. (82). Place the closing period of the incorporated quoted evidence AFTER the ( ). In your conclusion, […]

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