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Materialism And Happiness In America: The Gatsby Era And Today
Materialism: attention to or emphasis on material objects, needs or
considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual values.
The acquisition of material has been equated with happiness in this country.
This is true today, and it was true during the 1920's, the setting of F.
Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. That the majority of Americans believe
that wealth and happiness are the same is a result of our market economy
that encourages consumption and conditions us to think that we need
material possessions to be happy. According to Andrew Bard Schmookler,
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