"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, an exemplary example of how the thirst for power and money taints something as simple as a dream. The whole novel is an exploration of a simple man and his simple dream that soon twists itself into something much more complex and even more sinister. The novel takes place in the 1920's. It was a time of decline for regular human ethics and corruption of moral values in …
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…left with the feeling if it is really worth to dream and try to obtain that dream. After much thought, I believe it's not the dream that can be corrupted and distorted. It is the way you obtain that dream that can be twisted. I believe this is one of the things that Fitzgerald tried the emphasize with the novel. And of course, be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it.