... Gatsby is considered by many to be THE novel about the American Dream. On a less grand scale, the book is certainly a representative of 1920s society, a time when the values and morals of the eighteenth and nineteenth century were declining in favor of the materialism and narcissistic attitudes following the First World War. The American Dream of the eighteenth and nineteenth century was a proper place in society, which could be realized ... to satisfy Daisy's needs, he doesn't realize he can't buy Daisy. "She is for sale, but he doesn't have the right type of currency." (Bruccoli vii) ...

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