One may say that dreams and goals are the foundation of success. Whatever their nature, they motivate humans to toil through life's harshness to fulfill their aspirations. Such are the characteristics of the American dream: the idea that success could be achieved through hard work. Throughout the centuries, the Americans had applied this concept to accomplishing their (most often, material) goals. During the times when social hierarchies had not been established and financial opportunities for the poor were plenty, the American dream had always granted the wishes of its believers. However, as time progressed and the American society had become divided among the rich and poor, a slow degeneration of the American dream could be detected in people's struggles to obtain happiness. "The American Dream disintegrates in the modern metropolitan society", is the theme for Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby which underlines the opposing force of society against...