In Source D it says, “a child from the poorest fifth had an 8.4% chance of making it to the top quintile.” It’s difficult for people to be successful in America; the American Dream states that anyone can be successful, but the previous evidence shows that this is not true. Although that 8.4% may have worked more than the rest to become successful, it doesn’t mean they accomplished the American Dream. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby dedicates all his time and effort to get Daisy back. However after all his tremendous work, he doesn’t get her. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (Source A). This represents people's pursuit of the American Dream. People will work to achieve their goals, but they never reach them. Even if the 8.4% worked as much as Gatsby, they also like him, didn’t achieve the American