In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The American Dream” was showed to be individualism, discovery, and the pursuit of happiness. The Great Gatsby is symbolic of America during the falling apart of the American Dream. During the time America was in lost era of easy money, low social morals and values, over the top skepticism, greediness, and empty pleasure. Fitzgerald shows that the so called American Dream is unachievable. During the 1920s, Americans had the idea of that hard work can get them everything they want. Americans didn’t realize was that no matter how hard they worked, they were never going to be content with what they have. They’re always going to want more than what they already have. A perfect example of the American Dream is Jay Gatsby. His story begins with him having absolutely nothing. Working endlessly for a millionaire, Gatsby begins to devote himself to wealth and getting everything he wants. He rises to the top becoming very rich and famous. Gatsby later on even has an affair with the women he loves, Daisy Buchanan. Despite the fact that Gatsby now has everything he still doesn’t have enough. Gatsby will never be completely satisfied, he will always want more. …show more content…
Myrtle was George Wilson’s wife and Tom Buchanan’s lover. She desperately looks for a way to get out of her poverty situation and ends up having an affair with Tom Buchanan. With her affair, she thinks that if she marries Tom, she’ll live as happy as Daisy Buchanan, Tom’s wife. The characters Tom and Daisy Buchanan can embody what the lower class of Americans wanted. The lower class of America wanted to be wealthy socialites like Tom and Daisy. The lower class didn’t see that even though Tom and Daisy were wealthy they weren’t happy. Their unhappiness lead them to both have affairs outside of their