angel roman final 4th period

THE AMERICAN DREAM
to truly understand th american dream you must 1st discuss ehat happiness is to you. the pursuit of happiness is what we strive for, but unfortunately a long lifes path we often stray. the definition of happiness is truly defined by the person pursuing it . in the Great Gatsby the american dream is sattired as a lust for parties , money , and women . but Gatsby dream was not that of money but love...although it cost him dearly.
IT was a confusing t ime fwhen the american dream was fabricated . it was meant to be a beacon a light of freedom in a dark oppressed world but this once proud symbollic teardrop of illumination fell into a tainted river of darkness cast out with what god would call sin but buisness men call "fair exchange".
So the question stands still what is our american dream? a corrupt joyride for money and power as they ride across the faces of those that once walked along side him as friends and neighbors ? or a tragicly poetic ballad of a struggle for love and inner tranquility i question this because Gatsby achieved the generic american dream of money and power only to achieve his personal american dream of love but for all his riches he got no love in the end his boundless love
and money served him an ill fate and he was murded .
But Tom on the otherhand went virtually unscaved like nothing had ever happened in his own little utopia . so......Gatsby wanted love and was murdered? While tom wanted money and women and still got what he desired to me this speacks more than just that ending. Gatsby worked his whole life for everything he had and did it for the sole purpose of finding his lost love again and was killed for it ,while tom had everything handed to him and after Gatsby's death continued ans if nothing happened it tells the ancient tale of irony . if thats our dream what does that potray for the struggle of good and evil.
in conclusion what the definition of life is is up for vast interpretation and re anylization .
The american dream being comprised of the pursuit of happiness , for some its and impossible anf fanastic creature of wonder and majesty that they will never catch ...but for others that beautiful and majestic beast is easy to capture if they can shoot out its kneevcaps 1st