A novel is a form of entertainment, but is can also be so much more. Literature does not just provide entertainment but an insight into the culture and humanity of the society that it was written in. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an entertaining story that is set in the 1920's. It is about a man who is trying to rekindle his relationship that he had with his former lover, who is now married. However the reader may learn a great deal about the lifestyle of the 1920's, because it portrays the decade in a realistic manner. It portrays the flappers, prohibition, the changes in women's rights and the partying lifestyle that the generation had. On a deeper level there are themes and issues presented in the novel and the reader can learn how they relate to human nature and the shaping of our culture.
The Great Gatsby can be described as naturalistic fiction, in the sense that it portrays life in the 1920's. It presents allot of the events that occurred in the Jazz age......
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