Values are important to everyone, especially writers. It is clear in both My Antonia and The Great Gatsby that Willa Cather and F. Scott Fitzgerald have very clear feelings about their characters' attitudes and behaviors. Choose one book and discuss at least two values that the author supports and one that he or she rejects. Explain how the reader can recognize these values in the story with quotes as evidence.
A perfect book to depict the American way in the 1920s is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book is told through the viewpoint of a man named Nick Carraway, who had recently made his wealth and moved from a Midwest town into the city. The reader experiences how the young wealthy people spend their lives by adultery, illegal operations, and partying. …
