"How does fiction mirror society? Why?"
People from the outside looking in believe that the American Dream is a perfect life with out worries or conflict. However, as shown in Gatsby, the American Dream is not quite what it seems.
Fiction is based on what is not really real. Our society is based on a lavish lifestyle.
In our society, mainstream entertainers such as actors can reach success fairly quickly. In that time, everyone loves them and looks at them as sort of demi-gods. As quickly as it come, it disapears soon. Soon their faces are on tabloid covers with scandals and wild stories. They never get any privacy ever again and their lives become miserable. The End of the American Dream.
-Many Stars are seen to be living the American Dream until they get caught in trouble.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lindsay-Lohan-Is-Addicted-to-Prescription-Drugs-Father-Confirms-123611.shtml
The article above talks about Lindsay Lohan's recent drug problem and her uprising issues with her father. Lindsay became famous at a young age, she grew up a famous childhood star that had an admirable life. She was thought to be living the American Dream. Now, Lohan faces an addiction to prescription drugs and does not have a good relationship with her father.
