Originally, the American dream of the early settlers was for their children, and they would sacrifice everything for freedom of religion and thought. However, the American dream of the 1920s was to live happily through financial and social success. For many, this selfish dream is realized through illegal activities such as smuggling and gambling. This dream is reflected in many novels like The Great Gatsby. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses Gatsby's demise to highlight both the fragility and unattainability of the American dream in the 1920s. The views of Tom Buchanan and residents of the Valley of Ashes like Wilson reveal the the fragile emptiness of the American dream in the 1920s. Fitzgerald uses the rudeness of Tom, an upper-class man, towards a lower-class man like Winston to display the fragility of this dream. Tom's conversation is: "Let's get some gas!" » cried Tom brutally. “Why do you think we stopped: to admire the view?” “I'm sick,” Wilson said” demonstrates that there is not equality for all, as the American dream originally intended (123). This lack of respect demonstrates the upper class's view of the lower class. Tom thinks Wilson is beneath him and treats him like he's a worthless dog. Wilson is treated like a worthless dog when Tom insultingly asks him to put gas in the car. On top of that, Tom is having an affair with his wife, which may be why he's not feeling well. The fact that his wife cheats on him makes him sick because she is everything to him. Since his wife has an affair, Winston feels the desire to have someone to comfort him and returns to religion believing that Eckleburg's eyes are those of God. Doctor TJ Eckleburg's eyes help express...... middle of paper ...... father is finished. The weak movement of the water represents the little effect he actually has on the people who accompany him in his effort to finally be accepted. As the water moves towards the drain, it expresses how Gatsby is at first just a farm boy working to achieve his goal of wealth, and again, he is unknown to the world who surrounds him, with the exception of a few privileged people like Nick and his father. This indicates that one fine morning we too will die without our dreams being fulfilled if we reach out for money like Gatsby did. Gatsby's ultimate ending focuses on the distant and fragile American dream of the 1920s presented in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. This selfish dream was originally altruistic when first presented to the new American settlers. These selfless people would have sacrificed everything for a better life for their children, without the desire for money and class..