In the article "The Great Gatsby From Backlands to Badlands: Behind the Facade of the American Dream", Christie Blair and Kate Kingsbury explain the hypocritical ideas and themes that F. Scott Fitzgerald made millions on. Fitzgerald focuses heavily on "rapid movement and growth" which is later contrasted "by sluggishness and greyness that seems to overwhelm the landscape and those within it". The girls believe that Fitzgerald compared the growth of "fantastic farms" to the places like "grotesque gardens". Fitzgerald uses the manipulation of one's mind to believe that we are seeing one thing and then changing the color or the character's behavior to reflect another thing.
Blair and Kingsbury argue that many people are "submerged by the failure
Blair and Kingsbury argue that many people are "submerged by the failure