Society is on the brink of great upheavals as the result of desire, although the West is still rather entrenched in its regularity and established patterns. The East is the America of desire of adventure, excitement and freedom. The feelings of restlessness and rootlessness, combined with a dream of new opportunities, have inspired the whole set-Gatsby, Nick, Daisy, Tom, and Jordan-to move from the Mid-West and West to the East. Restlessness and a feeling of alienation have caused him to move East, to sell bonds instead of hardware. War has made men restless and Nick claims that it has, at least temporarily, made him unfit to join the family business. Both Nick, the narrator, and Gatsby, the protagonist, have been in World War I Nick even confesses that he enjoyed the experience. The residents of Long Island are drifting, with a feeling of having been uprooted. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the attitudes and character of the upper class in 1920s America.
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