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Examples Of Courage In The Great Gatsby

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Opportunity: what is it? It is taking a risk in order to reach a better life for oneself. Being the quintessential essence of the American Dream, grasping opportunity defines the bold who dare to take a better life. To many, the American Dream is a phrase used to describe the past immigration into America for a better life or the vivid lives of those in the 1920’s that author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about in his novel, The Great Gatsby. It may not show itself in the same manner, but the American Dream is alive today for those who have the hope to change their position and have the courage to take risks. Americans such as Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Sylvester Stallone have proven this to be true. In today’s society, accomplishing the American Dream is still possible and it is still accessible to the “tired, the poor, the huddled masses.” …show more content…

The great uncle Nick speaks of, took a risk to operate his own business. In a collection of people’s stories by Dan Rather called “They Live the Dream,” he analyses what citizens individually overcome in order to accomplish their American Dream. Success is often measured differently depending on who’s eyes the situation is seen through, however there is no denying that Delores Kesler has seen great success. Overcoming divorce, becoming a single parent, and with few resources to help her, Kesler started a company in which, “An awful lot of people benefited from what started with a $10,000 loan,” (qtd. in Rather 42). Not only did Delores accomplish her American Dream of supporting her family, but her company helps find temporary staffing for thousands of others go after their American Dream. This concept of the American Dream is alive, seen everyday, and protected by the U.S. military because they risk for America to succeed. The American Dream can be grasped by those with the grit to work for it and nothing less than all the effort that they

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