The Great Gatsby and the American Dream
             The roaring twenties...wealthy gangsters, Rolls Royces, jazz bands; a guilded happiness. The American dream is the basis on what America was founded. (insert paper quote) According to this dream, you can start with nothing, work hard, and have everything in the end. The whole idea of social mobility is somewhat unheard-of in many other countries, thus making America the great country that it is. This dream has many interpretations, but all of them come to one conclusion; wealth, security, and happiness. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the American dream is shown to be both up and down. The up side is the wealth and material posessions you acquire, and the downside is the way you sometimes have to conduct your business. Fitzgerald shows these values through his characters Tom, Daisy, Nick, and primarily Gatsby. The idea of this is money buys possessions, and possessions do not bring happiness.
             (Insert quoteland.com quote) The first illustration of this idea is through the character of gatsby. Although he did not start with exactly nothing, he was considered to be a self made man. Throughout the book, there is always something eating at Gatsby. Although Gatsby is "successful" and has a wealthy estate, it is in the less honorable West Egg. Still a wealthy man, now he cannot lure his lost love daisy to him. Finally, we find that he comes by his money dishonestly, or through his bootlegging drug stores. Though most people would think of a man with wealth and so many parties to have it all, but inside Gatsby was very unhappy. Even The Beatles wrote a song about Gatsby's situation called "Can't buy me love," which states "I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love." Perhaps this is what Gatsby needs to realize before he can reach the American dream.
             Although Gatsby is the ideal example of one chasing the dre...