Failure of the American Dream Demonstrated

“I don’t dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living.” These words of Steven Spielberg echo the idea of the American Dream, where virtues of hard work and ambition can take one anywhere. Generically defined, the American Dream means someone starting low on the economic or social gamut working really hard to turn prosperous or famous. Although such rags-to-riches stories take root in the deepest parts of many of our …showed first 75 words of 2973 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2973 total…almost everyone having a goal, a determination, and pitching in immense effort, not everyone achieves their truest desires. Using reason, Fitzgerald wants to dispel this deep-rooted belief because the American Dream doesn’t truly function as he demonstrates throughout The Great Gatsby. He would, therefore, be one to agree with the quote of Martin Luther King that, “Reality cannot keep up with ideals; dreams are great, but the American Dream is not lived up to.”