Social classes aren’t supposed to exist in America. Everyone is supposed to be equal and, if they work hard enough, can achieve whatever dream they wish. The Great Gatsby, “Winter Dreams,” and the film Bernice Bobs Her Hair, all show the optimism of life in the 1920’s and the decline of the American dream. Each piece also shows America’s cynicism and snobbery from the so-called elite of society. The Great Gatsby, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, and “Winter Dreams” paint vivid pictures of life in the 1920’s.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, continuously accentuates the overall moral decay of American society. The entire novel, in fact, is a symbol for the deterioration of the American Dream. The 1920’s were a time of prosperity. Wo
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