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How does the setting affect the plot in The Great Gatsby?

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Gatsby's mansion is a physical manifestation symbolizing the results of the American Dream. ... The Prohibition laws counteract against the new found American Ideals because it has little effect on the wealthy as they are able to continue with their consumption of alcohol, further separating the classes.

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