How Does The Great Gatsby Relate To The Corruption Of The American Dream

F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “you don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say” (Brainyquote). In his most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald embodies several significant themes that he believes must be said, while relating each of them to the corruption of the American dream. In The Epic of America, J.T. Adams describes the American dream as, “That dream of a better, richer, and happier life for all our citizens of every rank which is the greatest contribution we have as yet made to the thought and welfare of the world” (Cullen 5). Ever since the colonization of the Puritans in the early to mid 1600’s, this has been one of the main goals of people living in the new world because it has always been seen as a place where people are free to pursue anything they want. Due to the association between hard work, God, and wealth, becoming rich soon became a sign of prosperity, because of the advantages it gave people in their religious worlds (Pidgeon).