Why Is Love Important In The Great Gatsby

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Does love actually mean anything or is it the money that matters? Is always and forever actually a promise or is it just until all the money runs out? In the time period of the 1920's money and statuses were the main reason for marriage. Love was just a bonus but money is the main priority. Love was and sometimes still is just word that people use to make their partner feel good about themselves when actually in reality they just say they love one another when they are actually cheating, lying, and not being a loyal spouse/partner. Frankly I feel that the word love is used too often. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald you find that money really was the only thing important. If you didn't have money then well you're hard out

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