The American Dream as shown in The Great Gatsby was demonstrated by F. Scott Fitzgerald as an unattainable belief in the “pursuit of happiness” through the guilt of morality. Typically, happiness is being content with one's position in life regarding wealth, family, love, class, and friendship. During the 1920s, the decline of morality had transformed the dream into a materialistic goal through the accumulation of wealth, love, social class, friendship and power. The novel never mentions a specific dream or goal to achieve, only the idea. Bewley said, “In Gatsby's America, the dream is undefined in itself.” (Bewley 12). The American dream is not something that is simply obtained. It's a lot like a destination; the journey is what brings the dream to life. Focal characters such as Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom each go on a journey to understand what happiness is and how their morality has ultimately failed them. Each character wants what they can't have. Although the characters are thought to have no morals, it is the morals they have that lead them to realize that they cannot be happy with themselves. Gatsby's theory of happiness was based on the idea of ​​wealth, love and power. Residing in West Egg, home of the nouveau riche, his intentions were questionable. Without fully revealing where his money came from, most assumed that Gatsby gained his wealth from Prohibition. Something money couldn't buy was power. Although those who lived in the West Egg were extremely wealthy, they did not hold the power that those in the East Egg did. Power came from old wealth, money passed down from generation to generation. Having already achieved wealth, the only thing he needed was power and love. To gain power, he needed something… middle of paper… in those moments when they feel like they need to be pushed aside to achieve what they set out to achieve. Daisy, Gatsby, and Tom had all meddled in someone's life, in a place where they had to do business. Gatsby couldn't understand that he couldn't make Daisy fall in love with him. Even if he did, he still wouldn't have the power he was looking for – Daisy would. Even though Daisy seemed to be a silly character, she knew what she had done wrong and used her feelings as a way to hide what she truly felt. Tom couldn't achieve happiness because he felt like he always needed something more to hold on to. Without the journey each character takes, none of them would have realized what made them who they were, even if they didn't fully understand it themselves. Happiness was about being content, and in an age of infinite possibilities, the impossible was found.