In the end of the novel, Fitzgerald uses both syntax and symbolism in order to depict the American Dream as hopeless because of the insatiable mentality of the desire for wealth on the part of Americans. During the 1920s, the constant crave for more influenced the American Dream to become a mirage or in other words, an empty promise, leaving American victims of dissatisfaction. One of those victims was Jay Gatsby whose American Dream inevitably slipped down the drain as he pushed for a dream that was unattainable. As Nick reflects on his past summer, he describes how the Dutch Sailors’ viewed the New World as a “fresh, green breast” and mentions Gatsby’s admiration of “the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock.” Both the New World and the
