In Ernest Hemingway’s and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s respective compositions, “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” and The Great Gatsby, characters express superficiality and corruption. Materialism, superficiality, and individuals’ moral and psychological corruption characterized the Roaring 20s. The decade also presented the modern society with numerous inventions including the automobile, railroad, and radio. A formerly propitious author, Harry, destroyed his career after leaving Paris for the pursuit of wealth…
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