F·Scott Fitzgerald's research into the American dream is outstandingly expressed in his novels as well as systematically reflected in his short stories. Its realization signifies the obtainment, at least in theory, of material wealth combined with spiritual wealth. This mystifies the dream and exaggerates its motivating function in social development. This paper, however, after a great deal of reading and analyzing, reveals each stage of the dream from its origin to its disillusionment as reflected in his short fiction, in an attempt to recog...
