Similarities Between The Marshall Plan And The Great Gatsby

The correlation I see between Gatsby and the Marshall Plan is The Parrallels of America,Europe,Gatsby,and the party goers. The party goers are like America who are distant to the issues or personalities of Europe or Gatsby. They are disconnected from the real and raw parts of both the War and Gatsby's true self. I also see a distance found in both "The Great Gatsby" and Marshall's statements. Like America and Europe distance and levels of understanding, there is a distinct gap between different classes represented in Gatsby. We have the residents of East and West Egg and the residents of "The Valley of Ash." The Great Gatsby states,""He's a bootlegger," Said the young ladies,moving somewhere between his cocktails and his flowers... Once I wrote down the names who came to Gatsby's house that summer..From East Egg,then,came the Chester Beekers and the Leeches,Whom I knew at Yale(61).," and There are very prestigious people who walk …show more content…

In the Marshall plan speech there is also a disparity of understanding and level of security among the countries. Europe has been destroyed by the war and the people of America, not having lived through the current state of Europe, do not have an understanding of Europe's state, and Marshall wants to convey it to the American people. In the text it states,"Furthermore, the people of this country are distant from the troubled areas of the earth and it is hard for them to comprehend the plight and consequent reactions of the long-suffering peoples, and the effect of those reactions on their governments in connection with our efforts to promote peace in the world(1). An essential part of any successful action on the part of the United States is an understanding on the part of the people of America of the character of the problem and the remedies to be