What Does The American Dream Symbolize In The Great Gatsby

The author uses symbols to bring out a variety of aspects touching on the American dream. According to the Author, the dream of Americans is dead .It is through his narration that the audience comes to terms with how modern values have
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transformed the American dream’s pure deals into a scheme for gaining materialistic power, moreover, lack of any sense of morals by the society clearly comes up. Fitzgerald has presented the original aspects of the American dream together with its modern face in his bid to showing how the once impervious dream has vanished to the people of America. Gatsby presents main qualities of perseverance and hope accompanying the American Dream. Consequently the idea of being successful and overcoming all odds is characterized. James Gatz, a character in
From his early days, Gatz was a hard -working man who worked tirelessly on becoming the American hero. However, on attaining the dream he desired Gatz longs for Jay dream. This is an old version of the American Dream where he searches for a chance of meeting his desire (Fitzgerald 21-22). Gatz feels unsatisfied with what he has already acquired, he has a longing for Daisy, money and acceptance. This is symbolic of the constant search in the society today to achieve the goals the Americans are always dreaming of. F.Scott Fitzgerald attributes wealth, privilege and lack of humanity as the only cause for failure to achieving the American Dream. For instance money has been considered as the main destroyer of the American Dream. People are obsessed with