The+Great+Gatsby

My reflection on The Great Gatsby and American Dream
I don't think the Great Gatsby was really about the corruption of businesses, but I do believe it was about the corruption of people. The book and the documentary support each other in the sense that people have lost their innocence and honesty in both literal and figurative senses. The difference was that the American Dream documentary film was mainly about the loss of money in America while The Great Gatsby was about the social differences between people. **"Junk mortgages under the microscope" By Allan Sloan** Sloan writes in this article about Goldman Sachs and their scheme to try and get away with lying to their clients in order to pursue their dream of money, money, and more money. In the end though their pursue for money was caught and everyone found out that they were lying to benefit themselves. They cost many people thousands of dollars and as Sloan writes at the end a person should never trust someone who is driven by money and for money cause it will end up bad in the end for the other person. **Citation:** Sloan, Allan. "Junk mortgages under the microscope - Oct. 16, 2007." //CNNMoney - Business, financial and personal finance news//. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2011. <[]

**"In Goldman, Sachs We Trust"** Goldman Sachs, one of the companies looked at in //Inside Job//, is described here in this article for everything that they have done. This company along with many other large companies have used their power to lie to people and take their money and possessions for themselves. The business men in the companies are very greedy in achieving their dream of large amounts of money, as they getting closer and closer to it they step on toes and lie to many on the way up so that they at least get their benefits. These type of companies are outrageous because the business men and women only look out for themselves and no one else and many people are hurt as they work their way up to money, it's terrible. **Citation:** "In Goldman, Sachs We Trust." //In Goldman, Sachs We Trust//. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2011. <english3ap.wikispaces.com/file/view/

**Gordon Gekko: "Greed is Good"** In Gordon Gekko's point of view I can see how he thinks greed is good. He is pursuing is dreams and what he wants to accomplish in life by doing what ever he thinks is possible. In my mind I completely understand that but then again I also question his code of ethics because as he is pursuing he dreams (like may other high business owners) they are greedy themselves which in the end costs the classes below them to suffer. Gekko and other may get what they want by greed by everyone lower than them loses money and had a harder time getting by as they have to fight around what Gekko and others have taken for themselves. **Citation:** "American Rhetoric: Movie Speech: Wall Street - Gordon Gekko Addresses Teldar Shareholders - Greed is Good." //American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States//. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2011. <[]

**"Serving in Florida" By Barbara Ehrenreich** Ehrenreich's way of uncovering the truth of how hard it really is to get by in our society alone is extraordinary. She shows that even with the perfect qualifications it is very difficult to get a job. Then when a person finally receives a job most of them are living off a minimum wage for that job they still have to give up many items that they have been accustom to having around for a while now, such as TV. Her view of how it is to survive opens the audience's eye to the struggles of today's world for those people and how hard it is to gain the American Dream of owning their own house giving up so many other items in the process. **Citation:**Ehrenreich, Barbara. "Barbara Ehrenreich - Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich"alt="Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich" title="Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich." //Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed, Bait and Switch, Bright-sided, This Land Is Their Land, Dancing In The Streets, Blood Rites and more//. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2011. <[]

**"Capitalism Saved the Miners" By Daniel Henninger** Henninger makes a very excellent point about if the US were to change to a capitalist economy and in my opinion it would be a very good idea. In an economy like this more people would be able to make a life for themselves with their own businesses, with this it would create one con that I can think of which would probably be more divided classes as some people make more money than others. Though this economy though it seems very fair to me because then in this economy the people with the large majority of the money would deserve it and would have worked very hard for it and the people who are lower in classes have a chance to make more money but they have more of a choose on how hard they try. This was a very interesting article as I believe Henninger makes it seems like a capitalist economy would make it much easier to gain the American Dream with people have to bare the cost of others greed on top of them. **Citation:** HENNINGER, DANIEL. "Daniel Henninger: Capitalism Saved the Miners - WSJ.com." //Business News & Financial News - The Wall Street Journal - Wsj.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2011. <[]

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