Most Popular Discussions of "The Great Gatsby"

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mikewalker

mikewalker

on 10/10/2018 had this to say:

"One story displays a man's rise and downfall as a consequence of his greed and weakness for excess. The other extolls it as a virtue. "Poor lil' Gatsby! He was born into that poor-as-dirt family he abandoned, cheated out of an inheritance by the actual family of the deceased, and still yet gained fantastic wealth merely by running a gang." ..."