The more things change, the more they stay the same "The Times They are a-Changin'," or so 60's singer/songwriter Bob Dylan thought. But have we really matured enough as people to say that racism and prejudice are no longer words in the English vocabulary? Most people like to think so, but the facts paint a different picture. The novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald can be used to illustrate these points. In …showed first 75 words of 696 total…

…showed last 75 words of 696 total…really does show that even after all of these years, we still have not changed. I think rapper Tupac Shakur said it best when he said, "It's time for us as the people to start making some changesŠLet's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live, and let's change the way we treat each other. Because it's up to us as the people to survive." Bibliography Great Gatsby, F.Scott Fitzgerald