When everyone hears the term “American Dream” they think of striving to get what you want, no matter what it takes. Coming from hardship, whether that be poor to rich, emigration, or overcoming family troubles. The American Dream is being able to do whatever you want, whenever you want to do it. Three films that carry aspects of this idea are The Great Gatsby, Stranger than Paradise, and They Shoot Horses, Don’t They.
Again, when you think of the American Dream, one thing in particular that comes to mind is never giving up. The idea that your goal, or “dream”, is the most important thing to accomplish and that you will do anything in your power to achieve this dream. This can be seen in the three movies stated previously. In The Great Gatsby, one of the main characters, Gatsby, had a huge crush on a woman named Daisy. This is pretty much all Gatsby wanted was Daisy. He did everything he could do to try to get her, early on in his life he works at becoming wealthy in order to impress her, he moves across the bay from her so that he can be close to her, and a death that is clearly Daisy’s fault Gatsby is willing to that the fall for. All of this is done just so that he can achieve his ultimate goal, Daisy
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They pick her up in Ohio and drive the entire east coast to get to Florida. Money seemed to be the driver for this vacation, because the reason they left to Florida was because they had never been and had the money to fund the trip. Once they got there, they tried to save money as much as they could by paying for two people and having Ava sneak in. In the morning Ava was left at the motel and the two guys went out to earn more money. When they returned they lost a good bit of the money. The next day they went out again to earn more money, and came back with more money than they had before! Their ultimate goal of enjoying the trip could be accomplished