the great gatsby

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The Great Gatsby: Final Question

When you talk of society, what is your perspective in society, are you the good Samaritan who is set on prosperity and generosity or are you the slender type of person that may hide your flaws and overcompensate to show others that you are a person well suited for society? The question is yours to answer. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, it is the time period of the jazz age, flappers, the prohibition, World War and so forth but the main idea that's derived from this book is his perspective of the societal expectation of this specific era. We'll look into a very important character that Fitzgerald uses so well to identify the overall realization of this novel and that certain character is Nick Carraway, who will show us the true meaning of this great story starting from the beginning of his adventure, to the middle of his journey, and towards the end of his story.

Nick Carraway starts off with something his father told him once in the beginning of the chapter "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages you've had." (Fitzgerald 1). Here it is first revealed of what Nick shows us that Fitzgerald is trying to tell us that in society have and do not have expectations for certain people or events. "She smiled slowly and, walking through her husband as if he were a ghost, shook hands with Tom, looking him flush in the eye. Then she wet her lips, and without turning around spoke to her husband in a soft, coarse voice: Get some chairs, why don't you, so somebody can sit down."...