This is a collection of Excel 10's musings/rants/thoughts on what we're doing in class each week. We have just finished reading Ernest Hemingway's short stories and concluded a Senate Treaty of Versailles Confirmation Hearings in 1919. Shortly, we'll begin the 1920s and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. We'll tackle issues like Prohibition, the Scopes Monkey Trial (creation vs. evolution), and the clash between old vs. new in the 1920s.
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i dont think that he [fitzgerald] is critisizing (wow i cant spell!) the american dream. i think that he is just putting a "spin" in it. The twenties was a time of change and this was his contribution to that. It got readers of that era, and this era as well, to think about that the american dream really is.
The american dream has not disapeared. i just think that our vision has been clouded. knowing that we live in one of the wealthiest counties in the u.s. may infact be puffing our feathers a little. If you have a ton of money, chances are that you dont need to work as hard to get what you want because no a days, money is the problem solver. if we get passed this money issue and just do it the "old fashion way" the american dream will re-vamp once again.
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