Allegory in The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby explores how F. Scott Fitzgerald uses literary devices to explore themes of ambition, love, and the truth of the American Dream through vivid imagery, symbolic elements like the green light, and a reflective narrative voice. The Great Gatsby tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a wealthy and mysterious man who throws extravagant parties in hopes of rekindling his romance with Daisy Buchanan, his former love. Narrated by Nick Carraway, the novel explores themes of love, ambition, and the falseness of the American Dream in the 1920s. Ultimately, it portrays the tragic consequences of Gatsby's pursuit of an unattainable American dream. In The Great Gatsby, by setting Gatsby’s sad death in opposition to Tom’s continued wealth and his immunity to his mistakes, Fitzgerald portrays the American dream as being broken. The differing fates of Gatsby and Tom show that wealth does not give you a social hierarchy, but you are born into your social class. 

To begin, The Great Gatsby illustrates that the American dream is broken because Gatsby’s death illustrates that wealth alone cannot secure acceptance in the American upper class. In the text, it says: “ He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say:’ I never loved you” (Fitzgerald 130). This shows that Gatsby’s desire for Daisy’s love reflects his longing to join her social class. However, his status, built on recent wealth, is dismissed by Tom as inferior to his “Old Money” privilege. Gatsby’s downfall shows that wealth alone cannot buy acceptance: the American Dream fails him because it excludes those without inherent social standing. In conclusion, Gatsby’s desire for Daisy’s love reflects his want for acceptance of “Old Money” people. 

Secondly, in  The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan’s continued freedom from consequence highlights the corruption in America’s upper class. In the text, it says, “ “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made” (Fitzgerald, 179). This shows that Tom’s ability to escape responsibility for Myrtle’s death and Gatsby’s murder exemplifies the impunity of the wealthy elite. While Gatsby faces tragedy, Tom remains unaffected, showing that inherited wealth shields him from the consequences. In conclusion, Tom’s freedom from prosecution for his actions shows the corruption in the American dream. 

Lastly, in The Great Gatsby Gatsby’s reliance on wealth to achieve his dream contrasts with Tom’s inherited privilege, showing that the American Dream’s promise of social mobility is ultimately flawed. The text said, "His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him” (Fitzgerald, 180). This quote shows that Gatsby believes that hard work and wealth will help him win Daisy and move up in society, this shows his faith in the American Dream. However, his tragic end reveals that he can never truly belong to Tom’s world, where status is inherited, not earned. In conclusion, wealth alone could give Gatsby “Old Money” Status. 

While some may argue that The Great Gatsby portrays the American Dream as flawed but not broken, they would be incorrect. To start The Great Gatsby allows characters to challenge social hierarchy, and a certain level of status through wealth. Gatsby’s parties and his belongings will enable him to create a false sense of the upper social class known as “Old Money”. With these belongings and parties, he can trick people into believing that he is from old money, but people in the “Old money” class can tell he is from “New money”. This is shown from the text saying,” ‘Like hell he is! He wears a pink suit”. In the book they repeatedly say “Pink suit” to show that Gatsby is a fraud and isn’t actually from “Old Money”. In conclusion, if someone were to say that the American dream in The Great Gatsby isn’t broken, just flawed they would be incorrect. 

In conclusion, The Great Gatsby portrays how the American Dream is broken. While The Great Gatsby was written nearly 100 years ago, the problems in the book still exist in the world today. For example, it is very hard to be able to grow from poverty to the upper class. Also, if you achieve the feat of growing your social class the people in the upper class won’t think of you as one of their own, but someone new and lower than them. 

The Crucible was a play about the Salem witch trials in the 1860s. The author, Arthur Miller was a Hollywood writer that was accused of being a communist in the 1950s. Arthur Miller claims he wrote The Crucible to share the story of the trials, Abigail's story and to connect his marriage to the play. Miller claims he wrote The Crucible to show the logos of the trial, the ethos of abigail, and the pathos of his marriage connecting to the story.  

To begin, Miller wrote The Crucible because he thought the story was too good not to share. Milled used an excited tone to reflect, him writing the play. Milled says," I knew i had to write about his period." The world "Knew" shows his excitement because he was sure of his idea. The tone is important to the paragraph because Miller shows excitement about the Paragraph. In conclusion, the tone of the paragraph reveals his excitement to tell the story. 

Second, Miller wrote his play to share Abigail and proctoers story. In this paragraph his tone is pitiful. Arthur Miller writes," I was sure John Proctor bedded Abigail". The worlds "Sure" and "Bedded" exemplify the pityful tone. The tone in this passage shows Miller felt pity toward Abigail. The metaphor "There was bad blood between the two women now" shows John was forced to Kick Abigial out to attempt to repair his relationship with his wife. This connects to the tone because once Abigial was kicked out of her home, Miller felt pity for her. Ultimately, the tone reveals pity.

lastly, Miller used an anecdote to connect his own marriage with John Proctor's. Milled used a regretful tone to reflect his past actions. Miller says, " My own marriage... was tetering... the sinner might overturn his paralyzing personal guilt". This quote shows that he wished that Proctor overcome his marital problems, that he could overcome his problems in his marriage. The words "Tetering" and "Overturn" reflect the regretful tone because he wanted to overcome his failing marriage. In conclusion, this paragraph in the passage shows Miller's anecdote of his marriage to John Procters in the play.

In conclusion, the play The Crucible was an informative play and Miller had many reasons to write it. The three reasons exemplified in the excerpt of this passage are the story was too good not to share, he wanted to share Procter and Abigail's story, and finally, he connected his marriage to a part of the story. 

The Crucible is a play about the story of the Salem witch trials, which took place in Salem, Massachusetts. In this play, two young ladies fell ill with a bizarre illness. This led to people claiming witchcraft was used on the girls. Throughout the play many different people were accused of witchcraft. While many people and events in this play are accurate, there are instances of untruthful portrayals of characterss. One of the most famous incense of this is with a slave named Tituba because Aruther Miller claims Tituba was black, from Barbados, and ignored she was married.

In The Crucible Tituba is portrayed to be of African descent. In miiller’s opening stage directions, he said The door opens and his Black slave enters. This is false because there are many instances to prove that tituba was from native american descent.  In the “Trials of  Tatabae’ the author says, “Tatabae’s name suggest she was a native south american”. This shows Tatubae was not considered black, but rather a native american. Another example of Tituba not being black is in Source F, an illustration from “Giles Corey of the Salem Farms”. In this illustration there is a woman with a basket, this woman is portrayed as a native american  and is said to be tituba. In conclusion, multiple sources show Tituba as a native american but Miller decides to make her black. 

Second, in the play The Crucible Tituba was said to be from Barbados, this is false. To begin, in The Crucible on page 8  it states, “Parris brought her with him from Barbados”. In the book reverend parris is the new reverend of Salem, coming from Barbados where Tituba was enslaved. Also, in “Trials of Tituba” it says she got captured “Near her home that set sailed for Barbados”. There were many incidents of native americans being captured and enslaved while on this route to Barbados. Many of the native women became enslaved since they were thought to be foraging for nuts and fruits. This is also shown in source F as she is foraging for fruits. 

The third and final reason that The Crucible is inaccurate is because Tituba’s husband is never mentioned. In The Crucible Aruther Miller states ,” Tituba, the slave of reverend parris”. While this is true “The Trial of Tituba” says “Tituba is described in some sources as John’s wife”. This shows that not only was Tituba a slave but also a wife. John Indian and Tituba were both slaves of reverend Paris. 

In Conclusion, The Crucible is a very informative and interesting book. There are still many events and characters that are incorrect. Such as, Tituba being portrayed as black, Tituba being said to be from Barbados, and no instance being told of Tituba being married.