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A Man is Known by the Company he Keeps
The novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a canvas painted with lies and pretentious attitudes. The novel is based in New York during the 1920s, the gilded age, in which everything seemed to be fantastic and shinning; however, the aesthetic only covers up a seedy culture with shallow values and little empathy. Jay Gatsby, whose real name is Jimmy Gatz, is a deceitful, manipulative man who attempts to control those around him for his own motives. Gatsby is a true reflection of a famous quote by Aesop: “a man is known by the company he keeps.” In the novel, there are multiple characters in which this quote, much like Gatsby’s, reflects their personalities.
At the start of the novel,

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