What exactly is a “friend” defined as today? Is it your classmates? Is it your coworkers? Or is it simply just someone you’ve talked to once or twice, and decided to add on Facebook? In many ways, The Great Gatsby relates to the problems of social media in our society today. The word “friend” used to be defined as, “a person whom one has a bond or mutual affection towards”, but due to social media, it has been redefined as, “a classmate that is in my English course”. Similar to the problem with social media, Nick Carraway faced the same conflict. He becomes acquainted to countless people, but in the end, he knew nothing about any of them, except Gatsby. Although they were together all the time, Carraway never shared a personal connection with
