I believe that this article has many valid points in which I completely agree with. F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" still relates to today's society and probably will for many years to come. As humans, it will be natural for the most of us to love the material things. Though some of us may be more humble and thankful for them while others will take them for granted. The article talks about how social networking takes away the intimacy of relationships even as simple as friendships. On social media, it seems like the majority of the time you can't tell if someone one is being completely sincere or not. The majority of the time you will find that 8/10 people want to be "somebody". They'll even go as far as creating a new persona for themselves just like Gatsby did. The article also talks about how people will use someone for their celebrity status just to say they've been to one of their parties or that they know the person. But when that celebrity needs something, those people are nowhere to be found. It's rather sad honestly.
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