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The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is deemed to be a true classic that will never be forgotten. The Novel is a timeless masterpiece that any era throughout history can relate to. "Though written in the 1920's The Great Gatsby stands as... one of the masterpieces of the twentieth century American literature ." The book has "transcended its own age and turned into a timeless classic." The novel may have been written to justify society at that time, however the entire storyline can be related to anyone that reads it.
William Faulkner is an author who wrote a famous Nobel Prize acceptance speech. "He writes not of love but lust, of defeats in which nobody loses anything of value, of victories without hope and worst of all, without pity or compassion" (Faulkner). Here Faulkner speaks of issues that also pertain to that of The Great Gatsby. Gatsby desired Daisy throughout the entire story. Everything he did and thought had been decided upon by his undying lust.......

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