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The Great Gatsby Response

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• F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby is a book of mystery, love, and social observation of the American lifestyle. • The Great Gatsby is a story narrated by Nick Carraway who used to be Gatsby's neighbor, and he tells the story after 1922, when the events that fill the book had happened. As the story begins, Nick has recently moved from the Midwest to West Egg looking for his fortune as a bond salesman. • The American Dream is the certainty that anyone, despite race, social position, sexuality, or nationality, can be successful in America if they just work hard enough. • Unless you see things from Fitzgerald’s perspective. Then the American dream is just an out of reach tease that is unrealistic and unaccomplishable. • The traditional
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