According to the first-person narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby's great tragedy is

a. lusting for a married woman.
b. amassing wealth through illegal means.
c. believing in the American Dream.
d. rejecting his working-class roots.


Answer: c

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