... last statement will be considered heretical by many, but there are those who agree; Francis Scott Fitzgerald would be one. In his book, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald touches upon the lower parts of the social spectrum, where most of the Dream lives on. During the discussion of the lower classes, Fitzgerald connects them ultimately with failure, telling us morbid tales of the "American Nightmare-. In The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Fitzgerald uses the lower class characters and their ... not only is there a difference between the poor and the rich, there's also differences within the poor...

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