The Great Gatsby portrays society’s moral blindness and the substitution of spirituality and moral values by materialism and instant gratification in many characters making no distinctions between those who have money and those who lack it.

               The Great Gatsby, novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a portrayal of society in the 1920’ also known as “The Roaring Twenties”. A time of economical prosperity, new inventions, black people, women liberation, glittering Jazz, luxury, as well as alcohol prohibition, organized crime and corruption. This is the time when the “Great War” has ended and all the Americans want to do is forget everything and have a good time. This is the  having extravagant parties and overspending with materialistic purposes.