The Great Gatsby The American dream is usually for things that will make a person content; may it be love, wealth, or happiness each is a symbol for what people want. In The Great Gatsby the American Dream is dirge. That is to say that the dream is a full of grief. One idea is the novel shows the carelessness and lack of morals of this period. It has many examples of the living style …showed first 75 words of 474 total…

…showed last 75 words of 474 total…you have some things, as in the case of the Buchanans, filled with material comforts and luxuries, but even with all this was empty without purpose since they had no hopes and dreams to give purpose to their life. These people had nothing to strive for. When saying this novel was a dirge for the American dream it was correct since basically the American dream can never be achieved and it?s failure is unavoidable.