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Suspiciously_Flawed OP t1_iyehtma wrote

Reply to comment by Synaps4 in I do not think the Great Gatsby is a critique of American society by Suspiciously_Flawed

The wealth was not the focus, it was just the median.

This is literature, what is literally written means little and serves to represent a deeper message.

The class values he sought were just part of the green light.

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RoseIsBadWolf t1_iyesxmf wrote

Wealth is the focus though. At one point Gatsby literally says that Daisy's voice sounds like money. She is not really a person to him, more of a representation of the wealthy elite that he wants to join.

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Synaps4 t1_iyev7qe wrote

He was chasing that green light for a reason. This sounds very chicken and egg to me.

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