The American Dream, according to certain theories, is now a goal that some individuals will reach. Land ownership is no longer desired. The desire is no longer to own the house. But it's no longer just in the imagination to have a better time. Instead, some people aim to possess the priciest cars, the biggest homes, the fanciest clothing, etc. The American Dream will only belong to a select few people under this criteria. So, this green light represents the American Dream in its broadest sense. Because American society has historically accepted greater class mobility than other countries, the American Dream is this idea that someone from a lower-class background will work hard and climb the cultural ladder. “He stretched out his arms toward the dark water, I, distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way, When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished” (Fitzgerald 17) This book investigates if the idea of the American Dream is …show more content…
“He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes. Sometimes, too, he stared around at his possessions in a dazed way, as though in her actual and astounding presence none of it was any longer real. Once he nearly toppled down a flight of stairs.” (69) Him behind so carried away by his peruse for Daisy and doing all these things for her, he forgot what he has accomplished and what he has because everything was for her. Gatsby asks Daisy to go even further to reveal that she never knew love back when she screams her love for him, saying, "Just give him this truth- that you never loved him" (Fitzgerald 132). The ongoing search for something better is demonstrated by this. He felt something more as he realized his dream of capturing Daisy's