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G.K. Chesterton criticizes "self-help" books that claim to teach people how to succeed. He argues that success is not something that can be taught because it either comes from doing good work or cheating. The only things that can be taught are specific skills or trades, not a vague idea like "success". Chesterton also mocks the simplistic and nonsensical advice often found in these books. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald suggests that Gatsby

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