Fitzgeralds dominant theme in The Great Gatsby focuses on the corruption of the American Dream By analyzing high society during the 1920s through the eyes of narrator Nick Carraway the author reveals that the American Dream has transformed from a pure ideal of security into a convoluted scheme of materialistic power In support of this message Fitzgerald highlights the original aspects as well as the new aspects of the American Dream in his tragic story to illustrate that a once impervious dream