Dreams are positive motivators that encourage people to be confident, active, and to live life to its maximum potential. However, when a person's innocent dream evolves into corruption, the result is a worthless life. During the process of fulfilling the desire, an avaricious person may forget his or her morals, leading to excessive competitiveness, unhappiness, and social disconnection. Depending on the driving force behind the ambition, there are many different types of dreams that people may possess. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, the driving force behind Jay Gatsby's American Dream, is the desire for wealth, and love for Daisy Buchanan. In the beginning of the novel, Gatsby had a pure dream, but in his quest to fulfill the dream, it became corrupt. This resulted in his downfall, and ultimately, death. In his novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the character of Jay Gatsby...