The American Dream In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a major theme is the American Dream versus Gatsby’s dream, the ideal dream, and the corruption and destruction of the dream. Fitzgerald reveals that the American Dream was transformed from a pure idea of security into a scheme of materialistic power. Through Gatsby, Fitzgerald showed the perseverance and hope the founding fathers had. Though the American Dream was corrupted, Gatsby’s was not. …showed first 75 words of 984 total…

…showed last 75 words of 984 total…grass.” Fitzgerald used George Wilson to show the common man struggling to achieve his own success within the modern world. The deaths of a rich man and a poor man, both pushing themselves towards the same impossible goal, symbolized the death of the original dream. At the end, Nick returned to the Midwest with new knowledge, reflecting on Gatsby’s life: “ So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”