"'You ought to dream,' Bill said. 'All our biggest business men have been dreamers. Look at Ford. Look at President Coolidge. Look at Rockefeller. Look at Jo Davidson'" (page 129).
Here, Bill incorporates many men from culture, including politics and history. I think this is an excellent allusion because all of these men had dreams and tried to fulfill these dreams. He is giving Jake advice on how to succeed and become well-known.
I think that when Bill is saying this he means two different things. He is telling Jake that he should dream as in when he is sleeping, but also that he should have dreams as in aspirations and goals in life. I think that so far it has not seemed like Jake has had many aspirations. He seems to live a lazy life that is headed nowhere. I think he needs to listen to Bill more often and try to live by what Bill tells him.
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