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Now we concur an Ameri fag end masterpiece in its final form the original lechatelierite has shaped itself into the true diamond.(James Dickey)     The gravid Gatsby, pen by F. Scott Fitzgerald is deemed to be a trueclassic in all terms. The Novel is a unaltered masterpiece that any era throughouthistory can bushel to. Though written in the 1920s The Great Gatsby stands as... champion of the masterpieces of the twentieth century American literature . Thebook has transcended its own be on and turned into a timeless classic. Thenovel may dupe been written to justify society at that time, however the entirestoryline can be related to anyone that reads it.     William Faulkner is an author who wrote a famous Nobel Prize betrothal speech. He writes not of love but lust, of defeats in which nobodyloses anything of value, of victories without desire and worst of all, without pity or blessing. Here Faulkner speaks of issues that also pertain to that of TheGreat Gatsby. Gatsby desired Daisy throughout the entire story. Everything hedid and thought had been decided upon by his undying lust. When Daisymarried Tom, Gatsby lost his chance with her. Then Gatsby won a glance athappiness with Daisy when she fell in love with him. there was no hope though,his poor youth kept him from being an aristocrat. Daisy hardly wanted to be withan aristocrat. Finally when Faulkner said without pity or compassion thisrelates to The Great Gatsby in how Tom and Daisy packed up and moved farawayaway without even showing their faces at Gatsbys funeral.     The Plot of the novel, is found on the fact that the newly rich, (those whowere not born into money, but have acquired it over time), will never have the power ofthose who were born in to family wealth. The wo art object that Gatsby, the maincharacter, is in love with, is married to Tom, a man of higher power than Gatsby.     Living in East Egg, th e couple looked mass on those in West Egg. WestEgg was The less with-it of the two,(pg. 9) the area where those who hadjust acquired their new money lived.     Daisy, Gatsbys love interest, leave him after their past relationshipand married Tom while Gatsby was at war. Gatsbys newly obtained money wasstill not good passable for Daisy. This type of scenario is still typical today insociety. Much of the reality today is based on materialism and the worth of onesfortune is more valuable than their own happiness.     For the most part the characters, their problems they face, and how they