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Corrupted Love In 'The Great Gatsby'
Alika Vega
Ms. Tobias
English III GT - 4th
12 January 2017
Corrupted Love
The Great Gatsby is a novel of hopelessly romantic love. The story presents to us the troubling effects of love and affection. It portrayed the corruption in the 1920’s through its relationships and business. The Great Gatsby had grabbed the attention of millions of readers, eventually leading it to be converted to a movie script. Although, the novel was converted into a film, there were some conflicting, along with resembling, actions of characters, plots, and events throughout the story.
The Great Gatsby film and novel both presented the same story, maintaining the same theme and sequential of events. They each illustrated the illusion of love and decline of moral

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