HOW you know the author was trying to get us to understand this idea about your motif. (2-3 Sentences)
Example: During the novel, we see the main character struggle with his ideas of right and wrong. He has grown up with a specific set of values and the conflict in the novel challenges those values.
F. Scott Fitzgerald wants readers to understand that...
During the novel...
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, we see the character of Jay Gatsby constantly striving to achieve his version of the American Dream, despite the challenges and obstacles he faces. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby's obsession with wealth and status to illustrate the emptiness and superficiality of the Jazz Age society he inhabits. Through Gatsby's tragic downfall, Fitzgerald ultimately conveys the idea that the pursuit of material success and social acceptance can lead to destructive consequences.