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The American Dream is similar to these seeds in the sense that it can be nutured into growing, but if it is not under the proper circumstances with the materials it needs then no growth can occur.

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The American Dream can be compared to rolling die as you can roll them as many times as you want, but the outcome will always be partially down to luck.

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The concept of "the American Dream" embodies corruption within society by insinuating that the lone way to find happiness is by achieving absolute perfection.

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The concept of "the American Dream" embodies corruption within society by insinuating that the lone way to find happiness is by achieving absolute perfection.

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This open door symbolizes new opportunities that become available when someone is able to find happiness without giving up other valued features.

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This quote highlights the concept that true happiness can not be found in material items or distractions, but rather must be found wihtin the individual.

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This image depicts a young girls who seems to be suffering from an abusive situation, and would rather hide her issues with a perfect mask than deal with her issues up front.

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This quote by author Nicholas Sparks accurately summarizes the idea of someone giving up all they have and modifying their identity just for a dream to fail. The American Dream reflects this as many individuals form the assumption that you must achieve perfection to have success.

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The man in this picture is shown with a forced smile which can be related to the suppression of unpleasant emotions in order to attain perfection.

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The balance scale in this image represents  the worth people give various aspects of their life. If too much value is placed in one category such as money or material goods, then the scale will be off balance and they will be left without a mode of obtaining happiness.

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No matter how hard someone tries to find happiness, if they are not looking in the right places, they will simply be wasting time and energy.

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Meyer Wolfsheim describes Jay Gatsby and his relationship following Gatsby's death and says, "I raised him up out of nothing, right out of the gutter. I saw right away he was a fine-appearing, gentlemanly young man, and when he told me he was an Oggsford I knew I could use him goof. I got him to join up in the american Legion and he used to stand high there. Right off he did some work for a client of mine up to Albany. We were so thick like that in everything'--he held up two bulbous fingers--'always together'...'Now he's dead,' [Nick] said after a moment" (Fitzgerald 171)

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Following a heated conversation with Tom, Nick states, "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy-they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (Fitzgerald 179).

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At the end of the novel, Nick narrates, "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but thats no matter-tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther...And one fine morning- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" (Fitzgerald 180).

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The well-polished family shown in the picture below represent the traditional depiction of the American Dream. The family members are seen wearing cheerful colored outfits while enjoying a meal together. The viewer is led to believe that this jolly scene is what should be strived for, even if that is not what is best for the specific person.

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These graduation caps represent the freedom to pursue further education in order to expand future opportunities.

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Half-Way between West Egg and New York Nick describes the area and says, "This is a valley of ashes-a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air"(Fitzgerald 23).

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After asked for the reason she married her husband, Myrtle Wilson responds, "'I married him because I thought he was a gentleman...I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe'" (Fitzgerald 35).

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When at an event with Tom, Myrtle is described "with the influence on the dress her personality had also undergone a change. The intense vitality that had been so remarkable in the garage was converted unto impressive hauteur. Her laughter, her gestures, her assertions became more violently affected moment by moment, and as she expanded the room grew smaller around her, until she seemed to be revolving on a noisy, creaking pivot through the smoky air" (Fitzgerald 30).