Part one of term paper
Gatsby’s Pursuit of the American Dream The American Dream means that by persistently working hard, one can achieve success; this is in contrast to other countries where the immigrants came from, in which one was either born into money and privilege or not, and if you weren’t, there was no way of achieving this success. The America ...

Part two of term paper
... to achieve just like every other person. His success is just a result of the “I want” materialism of Gatsby’s time, the 1920’s. The figures in Fitzgerald’s book all represent different outlooks on the American Dream. Nick, who comes from the Midwest, represents the traditional morality that this country used to have in the past. As the narrator, Fitzgerald is making the reader look through the eyes of America’s old morality to see what the American Dream ha ...