In Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, all characters are, in one way or another, attempting to achieve a state of happiness in their lives, despite a troubled society. The main characters are divided into two groups: the rich upper class and the poorer lower class, a class struggling to attain higher status. Though only some characters seek to change their lives for the better, the idealism and spiritualism of the American Dream is inevitably crushed …
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…twenties, and a world, which separates those who have the strength to make it from those who don't. Works Cited: Harvey, W.J. "Theme and Texture in the Great Gatsby." Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Great Gatsby. Ed. Ernest Lockridge. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1968 Fitter, Chris. "From the Dream to the Womb: Visionary Impulse and Political Ambivalence in The Great Gatsby." Journal X. 1998. <http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/pubs/jx/3_1/fitter.html >(28 May. 2001).