A Critiscm on the Corruption of the American Dream, using the works of Fitzgeralds' The Great Gatsby and Miller's Death of a Salesman

"You see for me, America is an idea. It's that capacity to dream and then try to pull it off, if you can." (Bharati Mukeriee). The American Dream has become an idealistic way to live ones life. The American Dream has been a long-standing idea that in America all is possible. An idea that through the accumulation of wealth will come happiness. Unfortunately this is no longer the case. The American Dream as it stands …

…into what one truly enjoys. The books of The Great Gatsby and Death of a Salesman help to show the seductiveness of the American Dream and its pitfalls, but also the hopefulness of pursuing ones own dream. The American Dream seems to be the perfect idea. Gain wealth, and with that wealth find happiness. But this dream is not true, and as romancing as it seems, one must find the will power to reject it.