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This 3 page paper examines how these two notable works exhibit both class and racial prejudice. This paper furthermore highlights how these issues benfitted as well as disadvantaged society. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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different ways. In The Great Gatsby, author Fitzgerald forces readers to consider some very powerful issues through his presentation of Jay Gatsby, who is full of money, greed, and
ambition. Interestingly, it is through this depiction and the portrayal of the lavish life Jay leads that the reader is actually cautioned about achieving such "success". While so
many of us yearn and dream about such opulence, we realize via this story that perhaps such goals do not bring the fulfillment we imagine. Furthermore, it is through
the characters belittling of the little people that we are able to actually see the dichotomy, which the age-old clich? that money does not (necessarily) buy happiness.
What is so interesting about Jay Gatsby is that he begins this story with nothing (Fitzgerald, 1995). He is poor but in love with
Daisy Buchanan, who does love him too (Fitzgerald, 1995). But, their paths separate when Jay leaves to serve in the military overseas, and Daisy, impatient to start life, marries
the very rich Tom Buchanan (Fitzgerald, 1995). Jay returns after the war, and dedicates himself entirely to the pursuit of wealth, believing that this is the key to Daisy
and to happiness (Fitzgerald, 1995). The story that unfolds is actually quite sad. Jay is obsessed with recreating the past,
and spends his life in pursuit of a woman who is materialistic and shallow (Fitzgerald, 1995). While so little regard is afforded people of lesser stature by these characters,
the truth is that while Jay, and Daisy, and Tom all have money, their lives are a sad, pathetic mess. Their parties may be lavish and outrageously expensive, beyond
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