How different was the American Dream from the English equivalent? The values of the societies represented within The Great Gatsby and Mrs. Dalloway tend to be superficial in the respect that people's morals are confused and shallow. The nature of the American Dream varies, there is no obstinate definition but it usually involves the 'ideal' American life as fed by the media. In the 1920's this could be having children, owning an admirable amount of …showed first 75 words of 1953 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1953 total…e always going to be great. Clarissa is a survivor. Her reaction to Septimus' suicide is not horror that a young man should kill himself, but that it should be mentioned at a party. She may very well be devastated by Septimus' death, but she is able to quickly recover. Both cultures have victims and survivors; there are no winners of any form and this is down to the social constructs created by the societies.