In society it is considered that if a person works hard then that person will attain success. In the play, "The Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller, and the novel, The Great Gatsby , by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one can see that the objective of the main characters is to attain the American dream. Traditionally the American dream meant opportunity and freedom for all but that is not the case in these two classic works. …showed first 75 words of 1473 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1473 total…to the road. Without dreams one's life has no meaning, as shown in the fates of the characters in The Great Gatsby and "The Death of a Salesman" .The American Dream is something all people work toward to some extent, yet it is doomed to failure as its ideals conflict with the reality of life. Although it is an admirable goal, it is an unobtainable one. The American Dream is just that - a dream.