In The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, money, power and achieving dreams are the subject of history. On the surface the story is about love, but underneath it is about the decline of society's morals and how the American dream is a fantasy, only money and power matter. Money, power and dreams are linked to each other through three of the book's characters, Gatsby, Daisy and Tom. Gatsby is the dreamer, Daisy cares about money, and Tom desires and needs power. People who have no money dream of money. People who have money want to be powerful. People who have power have money to back them. Fitzgerald wrote this book in disgust at the collapse of American society. There are also the aimless existences that many people have lived, when they should have realized their potential. Americans lacked all the important factors to make life worthwhile. Gatsby is a dreamer, he dreams that one day he and Daisy can be together again. To achieve this dream, Gatsby made himself a rich man. He knows that to win Daisy back, he must be rich and of great social stature. Gatsby becomes rich, has a beautiful mansion, nice things, things like shirts. “These are such nice shirts. . . it makes me sad because I have never seen such beautiful clothes” (p. 98). Gatsby believes that his dream will come true because of all the money and nice things he has. How Gatsby becomes rich is sort of the end of his dream. Gatsby becomes rich by participating in organized crime, including distributing illegal alcohol and trading in stolen securities. Daisy eventually finds out and it's one of the reasons she'll never be with Gatsby again. The other reason is that Daisy is in the middle of a paper...I never want to! Daisy! Dai—. . . With a short, deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke his nose with his open hand” (p. 41). Tom cares about power and what makes him powerful is his money. As they say, with money comes power and Tom certainly felt that way. Tom is very rich and has power over the people in his life, this makes him extremely happy. Because Tom has this, he never pans for gold or dreams of a better life that he and his wife could have. On the surface, the story is about love, but once you go a little deeper, the truth shines through. It's about the fantasy of realizing unrealizable dreams, the selfishness invoked by money, and the violence associated with power. Gatsby, Daisy and Tom never realize their potential in life. Either they try to realize their unrealizable dream, or they must retreat into themselves, their money and their power..