The American Dream In "The..." by F. Scott Fitzgerald he talks about Gatsby's bootlegging, he talks about Myrtle's desire to marry Tom, he talks about Wolfshiem being a gangster and all the illegal activities in which he participates, Daisy being a killer and allowing Gatsby to take the blame, almost all the characters have affairs, except for a few, Tom being afraid of losing to Gatsby or Wilson, and Jordan, a famous athlete who was revered at that time, is a cheat. All the characters in the novel represent in one way or another a major event or fashion that happened in the twenties. Even though these characters are praised for being who they are, the way they got there and the way they act is hardly worth the effort.

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