"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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…ptly moved back to Minnesota a hollowed and changed man. Nick was the only one to attend Gatsby's funeral, as a way of showing that money can't buy you happiness, friends, or love. "Jay Gatsby died with but one friend to remember all his apparent wealth" (Eble). Throughout this novel, Fitzgerald effectively employs literary techniques and symbolism through his characters to display the adverse effects of the obsession with money, materialism, and the American dream.