The Death of the American Dream and Fitzgerald's Use of Dust Imagery in The Great Gatsby

This analytical essay on The Great Gatsby argues that F. Scott Fitzgerald uses dust to symbolize the destruction of the common man, part of his broader theme of the end of the American Dream. The student discusses Myrtle Wilson and Gatsby, placed in opposition to Tom and Daisy.

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Bridget's feedback:

"You've crafted a focused essay that builds a persuasive argument, making good use of clear examples from the text and an overall solid organization that guides the reader through the discussion. As you move forward, your tasks will include integrating the quotations in para. 2 directly into the writing, building out the final discussion regarding Gatsby's end (I recommend using one paragraph rather than two), and working a bit further with the conclusion to make sure you are not repeating too much information from the body but instead underscoring key takeaways for your reader.

In terms of your writing, which is overall strong, I encourage you to revise for efficiency and for the purposes of streamlining. To give two examples of this, take a look at the following suggested edits: "Of the many themes in The Great Gatsby, the novel's most prevalent is F. Scott Fitzgerald's message about the impossibility of the American Dream" (first sentence) and "For instance, Mrs. Wilson was an ordinary woman who couldn't wait to escape the life of a poor car repairman's wife" (in this example, we've fused together the first two sentences of para. 2 to eliminate the redundant "new and better life " and "escape her life"--note that the sentence after uses "still hoped for better things," another opportunity to further reduce the word count and repeated concepts)."

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("The Death of the American Dream and Fitzgerald's Use of Dust Imagery in The Great Gatsby.")

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"The Death of the American Dream and Fitzgerald's Use of Dust Imagery in The Great Gatsby." Kibin, 2024, www.kibin.com/essay-examples/the-death-of-the-american-dream-and-fitzgeralds-use-of-dust-imagery-in-the-great-gatsby-dQFZQk8n

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