The American Dream and The Great Gatsby are actually connected?!?!?!?!??!

This week in class, we talked a lot about the American Dream and how different groups of people perceive them.  In the article, Serving in Florida, we got to find out the view of the American Dream through the eyes of a waitress/ hostess in the lower end of the economic ladder.  On the other hand, the Great Gapsby Society political cartoon shows what living the American Dream is really like on both ends of the economy.  This piece was the most relevant in explaining the issue which is the wage gap.  The guy on the right is in  a work outfit, like the main character of Serving in Florida, and is working several jobs in order to receive the basic necessities.  The guy on the left, however, is shown to be very rich and is so rich that he doesn't see the problems with the wage gap because it doesn't affect him.  I feel like the guy on the left represents Gatsby himself, but I am not sure who the guy on the right would represent from The Great Gatsby.  In addition, my group discussed how the wage gap crack in the cement could represent the Valley of Ashes because they were once part of society but now are too helpless to try to reenter.  My personal article was about how the uncertainty of the future economy and government is affecting the success rate in America.  I felt like this connected to the Great Gatsby because of the theme.  The theme of Great Gatsby is achieving the dream and I personally feel that if someone is trying to achieve the dream but they are unsure about whether or not they will succeed, then they will be less likely to try.  This, once again relates to the valley of Ashes from the Great Gatsby.