The American Dream is represented by a dreamer who pursues progress from nothing to riches, gaining love, social status, wealth and power. Those in power, typically involving corruption, describe corruption as dishonest or fraudulent conduct. This applies to the Western world where corruption contributes to the decline of society. Corruption in society is what makes us think about the nation pessimistically. In the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald's view of America is negative and his description is that when man only cares about his success, the result is corruption. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald's vision of America is that a dream can be corrupted by a focus on wealth and expensive possessions. The novel begins with a rich but lonely man who had one goal: to make himself known. This man is called Gatsby, Jay Gatsby. He satisfies his desire by organizing spontaneous parties for an unlimited number of people, but he has no real friends. Gatsby has an eye for money and continues to purchase expensive goods and throw parties for countless people, just to satisfy his desire to achieve something greater. He is so blinded by his great title that he doesn't see that money can't buy everything. Gatsby's dream “is a naive dream based on the fallacious assumption that material possessions are synonymous with happiness, harmony and beauty” (Fahey, 70). His American dream has been corrupted by the culture of wealth and fortune that surrounds him. For example, when Nick offered to invite Daisy over, he did so out of kindness to Gatsby. However, he doesn't know how to receive a good gesture without an exchange of money. Overjoyed, Gatsby immediately offers to have someone cut Nick's grass along with a sneaky bus... middle of paper... Itzegerald, 135). Ultimately, Tom is quite saddened by Myrtle's death, not because he loved her as a person, but because he loved having control over her. Now that she is dead, Tom is no longer a man of power as that power has been destroyed. Therefore, in the novel according to Fitzgerald, when man focuses exclusively on the success achieved by power, the result is corruption. Therefore, the author supports the view that the individual's intense pursuit of success leads to his corruption and, ultimately, to a more corrupt society. In the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald has a pessimistic view of America and his description is that when man only cares about his success, the result is corruption. Whether a man's corrupt actions are the cause of his sole downfall or the downfall of society, there is no doubt that individual corruption leads to individual downfall in the novel..