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. This was a time in American history when people emphasized wealth and social status more than anything else. F. Scott Fitzgerald saw this as a problem in society and wrote The Great Gatsby to demonstrate it. The Great Gatsby attempted to warn society during the 1920s, persuading it to make fundamental changes, and ultimately the novel helped change the concept of American identity. Fitzgerald's novel was written to show the people of 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 by 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 go to his big, extravagant parties (Fitzgerald 49). Even when he died, his father seemed to be more attentive...