American dream is dead The Great Gatsby

The American Dream is dead The main theme of “the great Gatsby” is that the great dream of American is dead. The American dream is defined by people as “The belief that everyone in the United States has the chance to be successful, rich, and happy if they work hard enough”. Three features of the American Dream are shown as that people can make their dream come true, everyone has the same opportunity to achieve their goals and life should become better and richer by their own effort. However, readers are shown the death of the old beautiful dream through stories of different characters in this novel. Such as Gatsby’s dream, the longing of Daisy, does not become true; the inequality of different races and social status and the lower class people, who work very hard but still live in a poor condition. One of the qualities of the American dream is that people’s goals would come true. However, Gatsby’ dream never becomes real in this case. He loves Daisy and wants her back, for whatever it takes---this is Gatsby’s goal. He buys a huge mansion in the other side of her house and holds luxurious parties all the night just try to catch her attention. He goes to his dock every night, waving his hand, tries to reach the green light from Daisy’s house, just like reaching his dream. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning— So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” (P190) Gatsby lives for his dream and believe in it. The goal is so close and so real, just in the other side of river. Nevertheless, his dream is the same as the green light--- near-at-hand but can’t reach it. The green light also shows that it is difficult to achieve a goal in America, even for rich people. This reflects the death of the American Dream. Gatsby was born in the Middle East,