Compare/ contrast the male protagonists in The Great Gaby and The Glass Menagerie

The Breaking of American Dream

Character Analysis Both the novels are about pursuit of dreams . The Great Gatsby and The Glass Menagerie encompass the American life in 1920s . When the WW1 ended in 1918 , the young American who fought WWI became frustrated in the empty hypocrisy of the post Victorian era . It was the shinning rise of stock market and consumption that the Americans found in their new way of living . The old traditions were falling and newly rich individuals were changing the trends and mores of society in the thriving world

of bootleg liquor the characters of both stories revolve around these themes

The Glass Menagerie and The Great Gatsby narrate the stories of dreams how people build dreams in their lives . In a typical American way people come arrive to cities and pursue their dreams . Both characters Tom Wingfield from The Glass Menagerie and Nick Carraway of The Great Gatsby provides insight to the readers about dreams pursuit through two different characters

The dream , gives a more overwhelmed impression , as it refers to something worth the sacrifice . It is always something uncommon or greater than a normal wish such as becoming a lawyer or becoming a singer . The American dream is bigger than what one wants to be when one 's grown up . It is more like reaching something that seems almost impossible

Grown up in a family that deals in hardware business for three generations , Nick Carraway chose to live his life different from his family . Nick has the dream of a more different and comfortable life . He often lamented that he has not enough against which his father mentioned remember all the people in the world haven 't advantages as you have (Chapter 1 ,

. 3 . However nothing could stop him what he dreamt of

Nick leaves the rural narrow mindedness of Middle West and moves to New York where he learns the bond business . In the city , he meets Gatsby , a man who has successfully lifted his life from poverty to the glamorous life of Long Island . Gatsby 's life is indeed , what Nick has in mind to pursue . As the story moves Nick finds out that the life he dreamt of is not real instead its empty life . Towards the end , Nick finally realizes that Daisy and Tom , as well as Gatsby only care about money and their personal dreams without caring any one else that makes them selfish individuals . For him the Long Island turns out to be a place that is engulfed in social and moral decay . He is perplexed why everyone in the neighbourhood has to be cynical , greedy , and tempted to pursuit of empty pleasures . Thus we can say even though he found his dream but at in finding his dream he also realized that every thing we dream in life is not as good as it seems from far

Far from Nick 's wealthy life , Tom Wingfield lives with his Mother and Sister in an alley apartment . Since...