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During the era that F. Scott Fitzgerald named the Jazz Age, people aspired to fulfill the endless possibilities that money could render. Marked by lavish glamour, after the First, World War, America seemed to promise its citizens endless financial success. Forced to abandon their moral principles, many relied upon corrupt measures in order to attain the prosperity and happiness generated from the sudden boom in economy. The pursuit of this American Dream, often times an insatiable goal, proved to leave many disillusioned; as the hopes for success were virtually empty and infinite. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, a novel that epitomizes the hollowness of this dream, portrays to its audience the attempt for success during the 1920’s and how one cannot attain the success of happiness merely through the wealth of money. A true believer in the American Dream, Jay Gatsby learns how money cannot promise everything. Even with his acquired success, Gatsby fails in “buying” Daisy, thus showing how the American Dream offers false hope for happiness ultimately leaving people deceived in the process. Determined, yet delusional, Jay Gatsby journeys through the life of rags to the life of luxurious riches in order to obtain the love of D