Similarities Between The American Dream And The Great Gatsby

In both The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and “American Dream” by MKTO both writers convey that living the american dream may not be enough in the end. In The Great Gatsby the American Dream is striving to have more money than equality, and where you’re placed in the social class. In the book, Gatsby does whatever he can to win Daisy, he buys an expensive mansion and throws luxurious parties hoping one day Daisy will walk in. Gatsby uses the American Dream to gain Daisy back, but he sees that it isn’t enough for Daisy. After Daisy and Gatsby meet again after five years Nick states “There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams-not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of