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The American Dream continues to become harder and harder to achieve as the standards that people compare themselves to for what is considered successful rises to unrealistic heights.

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"Most of the big shore places were closed now and there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of a ferryboat across the Sound. And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyes – a fresh, green breast of the new world. Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby's house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams; for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder. "

The sailor has this vision of possibilities similar Gatsby but is it still possible. The American dream could be too hard to active that it will always be just that, a dream.

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"If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." Daisy put her arm through his abruptly, but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her."

Once Gatsby dream has been achieved for a short amount of time, the green light is no longer visible. This show that the dream might not be possible.

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"I lived at West Egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them. [...] Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water,"

West Egg is a very nice place to live but in the book it is described as being less then East Egg. This exaggerates that even if you are rich their will always be someone who is even successful than you, continuing to bring up the standard.

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"But [Doctor Eckleburg’s] eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under the sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground."

The eyes of Doctor Eckleburg can see the truth in life and its fading shows how Americans are losing touch with what really matters.

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"[H]e stretched out his arms toward the dark water. . . . I . . . distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way. . . . When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished. . . ."

The green light is symbolizing the American dream and a persons inability to reach it.

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Pop culture and music is something that affects all of us and it continues to be more about money and the stuff you have.

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Large companies have influenced the way we see our success, they constantly flood the market with new and better things. This has made people think if they do not have the newest of an item, are they really successful?

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Movies are a large part of the change in what we consider successful and have influenced American culture for many decades

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Instagram is popular with younger people and there are many accounts that show the life styles of the richest people

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Social Media is a large part of the rising standard we hold for success because we are always able to see people who have more than us and think thats normal

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"Some people are so poor, all they have is money"
-Chance The Rapper

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Yeezy's are a popular shoe by Kanye West and Adidas that are very expensive and popular among younger people.

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This is Oprah's house, a very famous person who is looked up to by many people. Her life style is know to be very extravagant and lots of Americans see this.

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Gucci is good example of the way people spend their money on things that could be much cheaper

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Ferraris are a dream car of many people and are some of the most expensive, most showed off cars

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Rolex is an extremely popular luxury watch brand that has been a symbol of success for decades.