How is Jay Gatsby affected by materialism in The Great Gatsby?

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enchanted by the American Dream and amassing wealth in order to win 's heart after their brief
romance back in Kentucky. Jay Gatsby hailed from North Dakota and grew up in a poor farming
family. Upon courting Daisy Fay as a young military officer, Gatsby realized that he could never
marry her because of his lower social status. After meetingand returning to the United States
after WWI, Jay Gatsby became business partners with the shadyand entered the criminal
underworld. Gatsby developed into a notorious bootlegger and amassed a fortune
working...