What Makes a Hero? A comparison between The Great Gatsby and American Beauty, with reference to author's context and the corruption of The American Dream.

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English

 

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Felix N

 

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June 19, 2014

 

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Mendes allown the colour red to symbolise beauty from Lesters fantasies of Angela covered in red rose petals, to Lester's brand new 1970 Pontiac Firebird. "The car i've always wanted." Mendes uses this rich shade of red in nearly every scene to show that beauty is all around us if we just "look closer"...
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When Lester discovers this beauty, we view him as a hero, just as Mendes intended. Similarly, Fitzgerald uses symbolism in "The Great Gatsby" to compel us to see Gatsby as a hero. Nick Carraway, the narrator, notices, "I could have sworn I saw him [Gatsby] trembling... ...looking out at a single green light...
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