In Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, all characters are, in one way or another, attempting to achieve a state of happiness in their lives, despite a troubled society. The main characters are divided into two groups: the rich upper class and the poorer lower class, a class struggling to attain higher status. Though only some characters seek to change their lives for the better, the idealism and spiritualism of the American Dream is inevitably crushed …showed first 75 words of 874 total…

…showed last 75 words of 874 total…twenties, and a world, which separates those who have the strength to make it from those who don't. Works Cited: Harvey, W.J. "Theme and Texture in the Great Gatsby." Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Great Gatsby. Ed. Ernest Lockridge. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1968 Fitter, Chris. "From the Dream to the Womb: Visionary Impulse and Political Ambivalence in The Great Gatsby." Journal X. 1998. <http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/pubs/jx/3_1/fitter.html >(28 May. 2001).