Literary Analysis of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald the author utilizes symbolism and the characters of his novel to portray the hollow nature of the upper class.

Every man has his price. If known what a person wants, enough of it can induce a person to do whatever is needed. For the right amount of money most people will publicly humiliate themselves. People do this out of greed, the need for more. "The Great Gatsby" is set in the1920's, the time period after the First World War before the Depression, when the United States was in a boom. The novel features …

…a hollow place within everyone. Greed, hunger, lust, and the need for more all dwell in this place that has no feeling. For some, money is most easily used to fill this empty place of the soul. Money is what makes the world go round. If all these problems derive from money then maybe something else could be found that could replace the hunger for money and keep the world spinning at the same time.