The American Dream inspires the tired, poor, huddled masses who yearn to breathe free. It serves as a beacon to the oppressed or those determined to find wealth and opportunity in America. It was in the hopes and dreams of old Dutch sailors, revolutionary patriots and the youth who had witnessed the First World War. An archetype of post-World War I American literature, F. Scott Fitzgerald expressed in his writings the profound change in values ​​accompanied by the Dream in the 1920s. In TheGreat Gatsby, Fitzgerald presents the American dream as a hedonistic product and irresponsible America after the First World War. It develops this vision of the American dream through the characters, James Gatsby and Daisy, and through the eyes of Dr. Fitzgerald shows how Gatsby pays for his carefree and hedonistic tendencies and that he is not immune to the aspects negatives of the American dream. shows his irreverence for the American dream through the character of Gatsby's ex-lover Daisy, who has an affair with Gatsby with almost no regard for her current marriage to Tom Buchanan. After Gatsby argues with Tom about Daisy's love, she asserts, "I love [Gatsby] now, isn't that enough?...I loved [Tom] once - but I liked [Gatsby] too” (132). Due to his ambivalence in choosing a man, Fitzgerald disapproves of the American dream because it is not accessible to everyone. Furthermore, Fitzgerald shows the reprehensible practices of the wealthy elite through Daisy's disregard for her child and her dependence on his money. After Gatsby's death, Nick notes how Daisy and Tom "broke things and creatures, then retreated into their money." or their great carelessness...and let other people clean up the mess they made” (179). With this, Fitzgerald weaves an intricate tapestry that shows the