Recognition In The Great Gatsby

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As humans it is in our nature to accomplish something and want recognition or credit. Although some of the most famous inventions or ideas have gone unknown. People should not do things for recognition but for the thought of accomplishing or creating something.
Some of the best writers in history were unrecognized during their lifetime for example, Scott Fitzgerald who wrote The Great Gatsby and English American novel. A friend of Fitzgerald who attended his funeral stated “When Scott died in 1940, it almost seemed as if he was forgotten. Although the Great Gatsby sold well.” At the time of Fitzgerald’s death he was believed to die an unsuccessful man. Scott Fitzgerald wrote and published a total of five novels and more than a hundred short

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