What was the main idea of the great gatsby.. explain ?

His main character, Jay Gatsby, personifies the American dream, being a self-made man who pulled himself out of poverty, only to meet a tragic end. Another important theme in The Great Gatsby is money. There's a sharp divide between the old money (Tom and Daisy) and the new (Gatsby).

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