F. Scott Fitzgerald describes the American dream in the 1920s, very descriptively in the great Gatsby and winter dreams. He outlines the american dream as achieving money, live, and fitting in with society. One of the major influences of the american dream in the 1920s was money. In winter dreams Judy Jones says “There was a man I cared about, and this afternoon he told me out of the clear sky that he was poor as a church mouse”, which shows that money influenced every decision including who you would marry. People believed that if you had enough money you would have everything you wanted, including happiness. Another idea that swayed the American dream was finding love. In fitzgerald’s stories he shows that people would do anything to