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=__The Great Gatsby: Chapter 8__=

K. Rios A. Ayala C. Torres

//The theme throughout the Great Gatsby, as we have come to discover, is the idea of fulfilling the American Dream. The American Dream is believed to be the freedom to pursue happiness as we may feel necessary in order to be content as well as the idea that everyone has an equal opportunity to do as they wish and become who they have dreamt they can be. Fitzgerald throughout his novel questions the morality and goodness that is conceived in the American Dream. **Throughout chapter 8 the theme of felicity comes to mind and how twisted human beings can become when driven by the wrong ideals. We see that the morality of people is questioned throughout this chapter and that the truth is finally told through Gatsby’s confession of his past right before his murder and yet even with his confession there are still lies underneath that lead to his destruction. Conclusively, this chapter serves to bring all the subplots together and to lead the reader to find the hypocrisy that Fitzgerald sees behind the American Dream.**//

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