Ubaldo G. Torres ENG (8) - Final Exam

The American Dream
The American Dream is just an illusion that this nation has. People come to America mostly for one reason. That reason is to be rich and wealthy. But being rich and wealthy leads to make people think that everything is going to be good for them when in reality it really isn't.
For years and years the American dream has been to have a great career which is to have a good job that will pay you really good money and will make you rich thinking that's all you need in life. Being rich is something wanted by about every American in this nation and that's basically what the American dream is all about. They feel like being rich will bring happiness into their lives.
In reality the America Dream is just a step closer to the destruction of your social life. Being being rich and not being able to control your money and life which are desires will mess everything up. For example in the Great Gatsby everyone was rich and the women just wanted to be with the rich men and that's where everything crashes because rich men think they can get anything just because they have money and they don't realize that they aren't the only ones with money because there are a lot more people that are rich and wealthy but because those men are all into their little illusion about succeeding to get the American Dream, they don't care about anything else.
A big mistake that is caused about the American Dream is that the rich think that they can buy love with money like in Gatsby when Gatsby tried to attract and make Daisy fall in love with him with money and she did love him but she was also married and in love with Tom because he was rich too and that shows us that you might be loved with money but it wont be true love that gives you happiness because at the end of the novel Gatsby ended up dieing and all of his American Dream was lost and gone in just a small amount of time. He ended up not getting loved by Daisy and most important he lost his life for the American dream. That shows us the real meaning that the American Dream is just a way of ruining your life and future if you don't know how to control everything that right way and be responsible. that's the the American Dream to me.