The Great Gatsby

Support the following theme by referring to comments and incidents in the novel:

Support the following theme by referring to comments and incidents in the novel:

While the East may hold more excitement, the Midwest offers continuity and stability.

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This theme can is illustrated at the end of the novel, as we see that Nick firmly believes that the past determines who we are: he suggests that he, and all the novel's characters, are fundamentally Westerners, and thus intrinsically unsuited to life in the East. The West, though it was once emblematic of the American desire for progress, is presented in the novel's final pages as the seat of traditional morality, an idyllic heartland, in stark contrast to the greed and depravity of the East.

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