The American Dream as depicted in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

The subject of numerous modern stories and especially modern tragedies such as Death of a Salesman and The Great Gatsby is that of the American Dream. The American Dream is summed up as "an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity." F. Scott Fitzgerald's tale, The Great Gatsby is a picture perfect account of attempting to (and sometimes achieving) the American Dream. Beginning with the title character, it is more than obvious …

…American Dream doesn't mean that he doesn't achieve some form of it. Just being able to live where he does, on his own, and attend the parties (let alone be associated) with someone so powerful as Jay Gatsby is a dream in itself. In the end, he ends up moving back to Minnesota to start over, he may not have achieved as much as Gatsby did in his prime, he still came a long way.