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The novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, made it's smashing debut during the raging twenties of America. Fitzgerald's creation critiqued the culture of America's East, and naturally people have responded with nothing but praise for the novel. ....

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.... however, by revealing the truth behind the culture. He suggests that Eastern America and it's frivolous ways posses no true values, which he reflects in his characters. His main criticism lies in the silly tea parties and mysterious affairs, which he claims illustrate the shallowness of rich America. Gatsby buys the American dream which tells him money will buy him everything, only to realize that it could not buy him love. Gatsby thinks that money and culture will make him invincible, but this is proven wrong when the Depression comes and Gatsby's hopes and dreams vanish, by realizing that wealth cannot change the past. This symbolism and p ....