The Objectification of the American Dream in The Great GatsbyThe American Dream is one of the major disciplines of American literature. According to James Truslow Adams, in his book Epic of America, this dream promises a brighter and more successful future, along with a vision based on the equality of all, regardless of gender, caste and race. He emphasizes that everyone is innately capable of achieving their dreams with hard work. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, the American Dream is represented by Jay Gatsby's vision of achieving the social status he desires. Gatsby will be able to realize his dream once he marries Daisy Buchannan, a young woman he met in Louisville, where he falls in love with the opulence that surrounds her. Throughout the book, the motifs of green light and false facade are used to signify Gatsby's hope and endless thirst for status, respectively. Gatsby's obsession with restructuring his past leads to his failure. Fitzgerald uses these motifs of green light, false façade, and the past to show Gatsby's objectification of his American dream. The green light at the end of Daisy Buchannan's pier indicates both the hope and the difficulties Gatsby encounters as he pursues his dream. Throughout the novel, Gatsby expresses hope in various ways, but the most obvious of all is when he reaches out towards the green light. When the narrator, Nick Carraway, is introduced to Gatsby at the beginning, he watches Gatsby stretch out his arms towards “…a single green light, tiny and far away, which might have been the end of a pier” (Fitzgerald, 25 ). Gatsby pointing to the end of the pier indicates hope, but also his desire to be with Daisy. Right in front of the ba... in the center of the card... material success blinds him and gives him a false vision of him being so close to achieving his goal. While in reality her dream could never have come true since towards the end of the novel, Daisy moves away from New York with Tom. This leaves Gatsby alone with his wealth and no one to share it with. Gatsby's belief in achieving his American dream through Daisy led to his failure. While the American Dream suggests that everyone can achieve the status and wealth they desire through hard work, Gatsby's newly earned wealth and lifestyle are despised, so he wishes to get married to Daisy, which can lead him to realize his dream. The American Dream during the 1920s is described by the author as a dream limited simply to achieving the wealth and social class that had consumed many people, including Jay Gatsby..