"The Great Gatsby", paper titled, "Can the American Dream be Defined?" Compares the media portrayal of the dream to the lives the characters lived. Quotes included.

Can the American Dream be Defined?
In the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, we are introduced to characters who are chasing the American Dream. We see that while these people are busy trying to achieve their goals, they lose sight of what is really important in life, such as family and being happy. People spend their whole life chasing the American Dream, when most do not really know what is the dream.
If the American Dream is what the media tells us it is, then shouldn't the characters in this novel be living that dream? The media portrays the American Dream as having a…