The American Dream - "The Great Gatsby"

Everybody has a concept of "The American Dream". Merriam-Webster's definition is: an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity. To achieve the American Dream, a person should have money, upward mobility, cars, be married with the perfect average of 2.5 kids, and freedom. The person should be a hard working and self-made man to deserve what he has strived for.
In "The Great Gatsby", by F. Scott Fitzgerald, most of the characters don't achieve the American Dream. …