... selfish, and indeed he seems to attribute much of this to the setting of the novel, America in the 1920's. Through both subtle hints within the plot, as well as passages that blatantly support Fitzgerald's own views, the reader is left only to agree with Fitzgerald's feelings towards post war upper class Americans after concluding the novel. The main characters in ... dream lived. Gatsby and Tom, although having both amassed great wealth, are very different characters, and the disparity between them is a central focus of the book. Gatsby is a dreamer and a romantic, a man who, by follow...

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• Grade Level: High School