F. The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald is an influential book written to warn society of the dangers of materialism. The book was written in the 1920s and was a call for change in American society. It was a time in American history when people emphasized wealth and social status more than anything else. F. Scott Fitzgerald saw this as a societal problem and wrote The Great Gatsby to show it. The Great Gatsby attempted to warn society during the 1920s, persuade them to make fundamental changes, and ultimately the novel helped change the concept of American identity. Fitzgerald's novel was written to show people in the 1920s that their obsession with wealth and exuberance was causing several problems in their society. In the book, everyone seems to be judged solely on their place in society and the amount of wealth they have obtained, rather than their character. No one seemed to know or care who Gatsby was, but everyone was willing to attend his huge, extravagant parties (Fitzgerald 49). Even after his death, his own father seemed more interested....