The early 1920s were a time when the economy began to take off and the concept of the American Dream began to take effect. The American Dream is the idea that anyone can come from any background and no matter who they are, if they work hard and stay true to themselves, they can achieve their dreams. The Great Gatsby, set in the early 1920s, shows that socio-economic power is gained through inheritance, forming an aristocracy of power and wealth. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, demonstrates how geography and location determine where an individual's social class level permanently exists in society. Furthermore, the illusion and affectation portrayed in the novel of conceiving the image of power and wealth so that someone can attempt to become something they are not, this goes against the idea of ​​the American dream. Even when the American dream seems achievable, it is limited by unstable variables. Therefore, the American Dream is simply, just a dream. Socioeconomic power is obtained through inheritance. As a result, it creates an aristocracy of socio-economic power. In Gatsby, Nick tells of Gatsby and his difficulties in catching his dream: “He had come a long way to reach this blue meadow, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly help but grasp it. He didn’t know it was already behind him” (Fitzgerald 171). Gatsby has dedicated his life to working as hard as he can to achieve his dream, but he fails to realize that he can never achieve it because he lacks socioeconomic class, something he can never have no matter how hard he works. Socioeconomic class is something that cannot be purchased, and since Gatsby did not inherit it, he will never be able to achieve his dream. On the other hand, Daisy – a...... middle of paper ......and is determined by variables that cannot be invented or controlled. Where someone comes from geographically cannot be controlled, but where someone comes from controls their socio-economic status. Furthermore, the amount of wealth and social power people are born into has no power, but also determines your place in the socioeconomic ranks of society. Finally, creating or portraying a false identity and personality does not hide the other two factors that determine your class and goes against the idea of ​​the American dream. Because these variables interfere with reading the American Dream, the Dream itself becomes fictitious and unobtainable. The American dream is something that anyone should be able to capture under any circumstances, but instead it is decided by unbridled factors that cannot be faked. Therefore, the American dream is unattainable and false.