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In his novel The Great Gatsby (1925) F. S. Fitzgerald introduces the reader to a set of characters that stand on the different levels of socioeconomic ladder and by destiny’s will share each other’s lives. Reading the novel one can see that Fitzgerald puts a huge emphasis on money: its presence or absence is the deci ....
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.... many of Gatsby’s “friends” knew where the money came from, yet it did not seem to be a good enough reason for them to stop socializing with him. Money can also buy tolerance for breaking the law. In order for Gatsby to be able to have his lavish parties where “in the main hall a bar with a real brass rail was set up, and stocked with gins and liquors and with cordials so long forgotten” (44), he had to have the entire police department on the payroll. The 1920s were the years of Prohibition – the sale and purchase of alcohol was forbidden i ....
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