The American Dream these days is much harder to pursuit, it not only takes an education or a skill but rather some luck it seems. Some people out of college are having it so bad that they have to move in directly to their parents' house because of the lack of jobs the economy is providing. The unemployment for our youth (14%) is reaching the levels it once had during the Great Depression.
It seems that these numbers are so discouraging or most people do not even want to give pursuit to their American Dream that 23% have not even tried looking for work. Despite these harsh numbers a lot remain optimistic about their future, the promise of a piece of their own American Dream is close.
This promise of independence, before easily achieved has become it's own part in the American Dream because of how elusive it is. It's come to the point where other people have to hold your hand or give you a little push so that you can make it.
This relates to the Great Gatsby because we see the same struggle in George, in my opinion he represents a working man that the American Dream has let down and so he has to continuously wait for Tom to give up his car so that George can profit from it. He's lost part of this independence in pushing George to sell him his car.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/business/economy/07generation.html
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