Definition Of The American Dream In The Great Gatsby

When it comes to the American Dream, “access to [the American Dream] shouldn’t be limited to young white men who drop out of colleges and wear hoodies. It should be available to women who have the business experience to build empires” (Geri Stengel). The American Dream is the traditional social ideals that anyone can become anything in America. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the protagonists all face the struggling realities of the American Dream in the roaring 20’s. Although the American Dream is much harder to achieve in modern day society than that of Fitzgerald’s, it is still attainable through hard work, determination, and a goal. The notion of a good life built by hard work and imagination has inspired millions of people to build a life for themselves from the

The American Dream, defined by dictionary.com is, “the ideals of freedom, equality, and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American” and “a life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the U.S.” This broad definition allows people to make up their own conclusions to how their personal American Dream will come to play. The definition above allows for interpretation due to current and historical societal norms, allowing it to be a classical definition of what the American Dream means to all of us.

Some of the bravest people in US History challenged society to change their views on how the world works. The American Revolution began to stir peoples’ attention towards issues of liberty and equality. Some people were fighting for their basic rights to be human, while others have been fighting their whole lives because they were born a female. A selected few people realized that the American Dream, a concept that has been alive since the early colonization of the Americas, could apply to women as well as rich