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A big house, nice cars, 2.5 kids, a dog, a beautiful devoted spouse, power and a ridiculous amount of money. That is the classical American Dream, at least for some. One could say, an outsider perhaps, that Americans strive for the insurmountable goal of perfection, live, die and do unimaginable things for it, then call the product their own personal American Dream. Is having the American Dream possible? What is the American Dream? There is one …

…of being true to one’s self and following one’s own personal dream, not the one Americans are programmed to have. Fitzgerald is not only a consequential author but and effective moral adviser. Works Cited Bruccoli, Matthew J. ed. New Essays on The Great Gatsby. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1985. Fitzgerald, Scott F. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953. Miller, James E. Jr. Boats Against the Current. New York: New York University Press, 1964.