Summary, Paraphrase and Quote

Summary:
Heather Havrilesky's analysis, Mad Men: Stillbirth of the American Dream talks about how the American dream is nothing more than a dream. It is a dream that is hard to be obtained. It looks pleasing to the eye but behind the scenes in real life, it is miserable (170-175 Havrilesky)

Paraphrase:
Heather Havrilesky believes that the American dream is perceived  by the whole world as easy, but in reality, it is not. Humans are always looking for something bigger and better. This is a trait that we get when we are born, and even to our future generations, we pass that trait on. The perceived American dream is being the best of the best and having it all. We get caught up in these false dreams and we tend to think of our lives as mediocre and unbearable (170 Havrilesky).

Quotation:
"The lovely details of this fantasy-- the hairstyles, the costumes and the props that come with the dream-- occasionally fail to obscure the confused humans who straighten their shoulders and dry their eyes and take the stage day after day"(174 Havrilesky)