The Corruption of the American Dream The Great Gatsby is a novel based on the American Dream, which is something everyone aspires to. The author of the book F. Scott Fitzgerald has his American dream of becoming a famous writer and having the girl of his dreams, and throughout the novel this dream is reflected in the Great Gatsby in the characters Gatsby and Daisy. Fitzgerald had developed the character of Gatsby by incorporating some of his dreams. For example Gatsby has a forbidden love for Daisy, but he cannot have her because she does not want to leave her husband, Gatsby also wants to do everything he can for Daisy but since she will not leave her husband Gatsby is doing all this for no reason, and at the in the end nothing goes right and he ends up finding himself unhappy and alone. Another character in this novel who has an American dream is Daisy. Daisy's dream is to be Gatsby's lover and she wants to live a happy life, but not with Gatsby. By doing this to Gatsby, Daisy will end up stuck with her husband who does nothing special for her and won't be as happy as she could be. The American dream is an idea that many people have and want to achieve, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby each have a dream, but as time passes these dreams slowly begin to slip out of their grasp which eventually leads to their misery. and desperation. In the novel The Great Gatsby there are many references to the American dream taken from the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald. “What we must keep in mind is that this story is an attack on that American dream that critics have so often imagined Fitzgerald was committed to celebrating through his writings” (Bewley). F. Scott Fitzgerald is an amazing example of how the good… middle of the paper… was gone and she was left to live in despair. Even though the American dream is considered a huge success, some people fail to achieve it. Works Cited Bewley, Marius. "Fitzgerald and the American Dream." Bloom's literature. Np, nd Web. March 20, 2014. Fahey, William. F. Scott Fitzgerald and the American Dream. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1973. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1925. Print.Sutton, Brian. "Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby." Explainer 59.1 (Fall 2000): 37-39. Rpt. in twentieth-century literary criticism. Ed. Linda Pavlovski. vol. 157. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Literature Resource Center. Network. March 18, 2014.Tunc, Tanfer Emin. "The Great Gatsby: The Tragedy of the American Dream on Long Island's Gold Coast." Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Np, 2009. Web. 18 March. 2014.