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The Great Gatsby Quote Analysis

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The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, showcases to us the power of the American Dream and the ugly truth on how not everyone benefits from it. Throughout the novel we follow the narrator Nick through his story in New York and we learn that his family is wealthy because his grandfather, “started the wholesale hardware business that my father carries on to-day.” Nick’s family moved to America and did what they could to support themselves by starting their own business to gain wealth, respect, and reputation. Some people believe the novel tells us that the American Dream is a myth however this is one example of a statement that proves the American Dream to exist at least for some people. At the end of the novel Nick talks about Gatsby and
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