People often debate what the true meaning of the American dream is. Is it a perfect family? Marrying your high school sweetheart? Having a mansion? If you agree with James Truslow Adams, you see the American Dream as simply just being, an opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. I feel as if the American dream is not one definition because with todays society, you are always going to want what you cant have. The rich and famous say they wish they didnt have as much fame so they could have privacy, yet the poor would do anything to be rich and famous. Overall, everyone can agree that it is not in their dream to end up alone in life. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby, makes a string of bad decisions and life choices in order to win back his dream girl Daisy. Even though Gatsby has everything else he could ever imagine, since he doesnt have Daisy, he isnt truly satisfied. Throughout the book we
begin to learn the true reason why Gatsby goes such dangerous lengths to gain his wealth, and that is to impress Daisy and win her back over. Throughout the book, Gatsby is trying to rebuild his past dream relationship with Daisy, and win her back over. He is so deeply in love with her throughout the book he does many things to impress her and gives her whatever he can just to please her. Much like the movie The Vow, which is about a couple who gets in a car accident and the wife loses all of her memory that the husband has to go above and beyond to win her over again just like he did the first time because he cannot live life without her. All of this goes to show the overlying theme that the American Dream is not a realistic goal to achieve as a whole but ending up with the love of your life is something that all can accomplish if you dont give up on it. According to my mom, Dream is only a word for something you cant call reality yet.