... that generally is good and bring them down alongside the fall of that society. The web of materialism and power can entrap the innocent ones falling on the corrupt people. In the classic novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals a tone of contempt toward materialism, while emphasizing the importance of strong character. Fitzgerald's tone of contempt surrounds Daisy Buchanan targeting ... aspects of her personality require her to have material things before anything else, showing society's influence on how she lives her life based on the capitalist economy that controls America...

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