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Question
What are the themes of The Great Gatsby?
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The Great Gatsby is about wealth

This position holds that wealth is the central theme of The Great Gatsby. It argues that the characters are consumed by the pursuit of riches, and that the novel turns on the clash between 'old money' and 'new money' in 1920s America.

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  1. The Great Gatsby is about old money vs. new money
    Characters are defined by having old money or new money, even dividing what neighborhood they live in: East Egg or West Egg.