The Great Gatsby as a social critique.

The Great Gatsby, a novel that illustrates society in the 1920’s, should definitely be considered as a social critique. Scott Fitzgerald wrote this novel to demonstrate the social flaws and the social attitudes in the 1920’s and 1930’s or the Jazz Age, which is a time of prosperity and a booming economy. In this novel, Fitzgerald is criticizing the corruption of the American Dream, the immorality of the 1920’s and injustice in society. The most …

…the end of story, it was evident that Fitzgerald was trying to portray the racism and sexism that reflected the American life in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Scott Fitzgerald had obviously written the Great Gatsby to be a social critique. His reflection upon the American Dream is the major theme of the novel. He also wanted to portray the moral decay of Jazz Age, and the society’s pursuit of materialistic prosperity.