What is the authors central message about the american dream

Fitzgerald is saying that those who pursue the American Dream can never be satisfied, because the American Dream entails always striving for something more than what we already have. Gatsby embodies this in the decadent wealth that he is always accumulating, and also in his pursuit of Daisy.

Fitzgerald's message about the American Dream in The Great Gatsby is to convey that those who pursue it will never be satisfied and will always keep longing for more.

Explanation:

The American Dream is projected through Gatsby's pursuit of Daisy and his belief in the "green light." His wealth is also another embodiment of the American Dream. Gatsby continues to long for more and his dreams keep on moving ever further away. This is shown in this quote: "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then..."

No matter how humans keep moving towards the green light or the American Dream, it will constantly elude them.

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.