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Illusion And Materialism In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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All throughout my life in school, i’ve noticed people caught up in their phones, and lying to get away with things that they shouldn’t. These people are always worried about the newest phone that’s coming out, or their favorite designer brand. They lie to their parents to be able to stay all night at parties they were never supposed to be at. I used to wonder, how do these people turn out like this? How are people so caught up in their items, that they don’t see the things around them? Like Nick, in The Great Gatsby i’ve changed my view of certain people, and kindof look at everyone differently. By weaving together the motifs of lies/illusion and materialism throughout the plot, F. Scott Fitzgerald expresses an important theme. Early in the
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