Great Gatsby and the American Dream Today

Fitzgerald clearly intends for Gatsby's dream to be symbolic of the American Dream for wealth and youth. Gatsby genuinely believes that if a person makes enough money and amasses a great enough fortune, he can buy anything. He thinks his wealth can erase the last five years of his and Daisy's life and reunite them at the point at which he left her before he went away to the war.When Gatsby's dream is crushed …

…even freedom of religion. For example: In the USA an Israeli can have a Palestinian over for lunch, something that is unheard of in the middle east. As a person who's family came searching for the American Dream I can tell you that they have been successful! We have been blessed with a better life that we can have never dreamt of in Europe. Basically, the American Dream can be interpreted in many different ways.