Azar Nafisi, Iranian writer and professor of English literature, once said “the downside of the American dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream" and "the best literary work to represent the American dream is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It shows us how the dream can be contaminated by reality and that if you don't compromise you may suffer (Brainy Quote)." The novel illustrates a world in which if you work endlessly until you die, you will eventually achieve some success, but in the end end you will not be happy.Monroe Stahr himself is a workaholic who has caused his health to decline unfinished house and has no life outside of work The fact that Stahr's house is unfinished is very noteworthy because it symbolizes the impracticality of giving a complete life due to her determined activities and overwork Kathleen Moore's character is significant in cultivating Fitzgerald's American Kathleen's dream is reminiscent of Stahr's deceased wife of being able, somehow, to relive the blissful love he experienced with his wife, the only time he seems happy, it is impractical the relationship with her ends with little joy and betrayal with her running away and marrying him 'American