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Wealth In The Great Gatsby

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Throughout "The Roaring 20's" the most prominent of all the societies was the upper-class. In the book, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, we get to see some of the rich and how their lives are with as much money they ever wanted. We see that through the 2 peninsulas respectively named, "East Egg" and "West Egg". On East Egg, the rich didn't earn their money but inherited it from their parents. In Tom's Case, he gained his money from his mother and father. Rather on West Egg they worked hard for their money and received no financial support from their families. The people on West Egg gained their money in one of two ways; either they worked for it or relied on illegal ways. In Gatsby's case, he got it through working with the mob. Within
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