Fitzgerald shows the audience that the American
dream is unattainable for someone who isn’t old money (a group of people who were inherited
their wealth). The American Dream is not only based on wealth, but based on what one’s heart
truly wants. In this case, Gatsby’s American Dream was marrying Daisy Buchanan and this was
not fulfilled. Instead it ended in Gatsby's tragic death. To clinch Fitzgerald’s argument, it can
also be said that anyone who isn’t in the one percent lacks opportunities, are caught up in their…
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