C.+Gatsby+Essay

 The American Dream is he one thing that every gives every American hope, even in bad times. The novel, // The Great Gatsby //by F. Scott Fitzgerald, shows that achieving the American Dream is not easy and sometimes is not achievable at all. The article, “What Happens to the American Dream in a Recession” by Katharine Q. Seelye shows that even in a recession the American Dream remains strong. Through quotes in the novel and the article, thy prove that the American Dream exists and is always changing.  Although the novel, // The Great Gatsby, //has a more negative outlook on the American Dream. In the beginning, Nick’s father tells him “whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had “(Fitzgerald 1). It means everyone is different and so are there American Dreams. In the novel Gatsby does not achieve his dream, but Nicks life is not over yet an he can still get to his dream. In the article the historian James Trustlow Adans wrote “It is not a dream of motorcars and high wages merely but, a dream of social order in which each man and each women shall be ble to attain the fullest stature of which they are innately capable”(Seely 3). It says that ones dream should not be to be rich and that it is for everyone, but that it is different for every person. That every man and women should achieve their dream. They just need to work hard and pick their American Dreams. In the novel, Nicks dream is not to rich but to be successful. The article shows us how even in hard times there is still an American Dream. In the novel even the rich who seem to have everything, do no and still have a dream to achieve.  Both the article and the novel show and can teach us of the American Dream. That even today the American Dream is growing and changing. People can still achieve it. That is how the novel and article relate to the American Dream.