married Jewel. When he wakes up in the morning and sees what has happened, he began to feel imprisoned by her. The story concludes by Gordon taking a taxi back home and shooting himself in the head while he leaned over his drawing materials. The American Dream was not fulfilled in any sense because Gordon had no money, and he was never truly in love with Jewel. This story was written by Fitzgerald as a caution not only to himself, but also to others who are at first successful, but then suddenly fall in to some bad luck. The other period of time in which Fitzgerald wrote was the Great Depression. During this time Fitzgerald wrote about how the American Dream was just a false dream and that “No party lasts forever.” In addition, this was a time when Fitzgerald sank into bankruptcy and alcoholism. To make matters even worse, his wife was committed to an asylum. The stories that Fitzgerald wrote during this time tried to show the reality of the depression. He used fantasy in his fictional characters to help them forget about the reality that they were facing. He also incorporated the theme of the American Dream during this time as being unachievable at any cost because he thought it was pure fantasy during this time. This idea of fantasy to make things better than they really were was a main theme in most of his stories during the time of the depression. One of his short stories that he wrote during the depression embody this failure of the American Dream and the fantasy of a true love with great wealth are shown in “Crazy Sunday,” which was written in 1932. This story, as in most of his stories, involve the American Dream, but it depicts the utter failure of it because of the fact that the American Dream is just a fantasy. The story takes place in a Hollywood and it involves an amateur actor/professional writer named Joel who is having an affair with his boss’ wife Stella. The story is calle...
