Morality’s Debt: Analyzing Idealized Wealth in ‘The Great Gatsby’

What is the cost of success? Despite the superficial glory in achieving a goal, many are often blind to the physical, mental and emotional repercussions that may result from pursuing it. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a historical fiction novel. Taking place in the summer of 1922 at the fictional West and East Egg villages of Long Island, it is the dawn of the Jazz…