The American dream. Everyone has different opinions on what the American dream is. Their “ultimate goal” in life. The people in The Great Gatsby think they are living that dream, but I beg to differ. The only one who I believe is living out something close to the American dream is Tom, and I will prove so. The many different characters in this book act as if they’re having the time of their life and so forth. That is so only on the outside. If you look carefully at the person inside, you can see that they aren’t so happ ....