The Great Gatsby is the first book I have read about the American dream that does not deal with the working class or minority immigrants . In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, all Lennie and Geroge wanted was exactly what Gatsby already had-a big house and a stable life. The fact that Gatsby escaped the tedious and unpredictable farmer's lifestyle that George and Lennie so desperately tried to depart from, and was still unsatisfied, exemplifies Gatsby's unusual and uniquely ambitious behavior. He seeks more than what most only dream of. Perhaps Gatsby's unrelenting determination in achieving his "Platonic self-perception" is what Nick describes as "something gorgeous about him," in the beginning of a novel. Nick seems to lack Gatby's ability to dream beyond what is rooted in reality; Nick is very caught up in the miniscule, often arbitrary subtleties of what he observes (see pages 1 through 180 for proof) and perhaps lacks the ability to imagine and dream of things greater than he can imagine.In the beginning of the book, Nick also states that Gatby "represented everything for which [he] has an unaffected scorn-" materialism, pretentious social hierarchies, superficiality ect. The fact that Nick can find beauty in that which he disgusts shows that he is unique in his ability to view something from every angle, unlike he piers who only see the world in black in white; east and west; rich and poor.