F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby delves into the lives of the carefree wealthy in a 1920’s postwar America. Throughout the book, the author shows how the classic American Dream had evolved to represent nothing more than material possessions. The story is told by young Nick Carraway, next door neighbor of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby. Gatsby has truly everything, except for the one thing he wants. Daisy Buchanan is Nick’s cousin, and Nick brings the two millionaires together, rekindling their long lost love. When Daisy’s cheating husband, Tom, finds out that Daisy is having an affair, Gatsby and Tom butt heads- resulting in the tragic deaths of three characters. When the dust clears, Nick reflects on how life is truly just a game for the
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Scott Fitzgerald shows through this novel that even if you have all the money and possessions in the world, your life still might be lonely and disconsolate. The story takes place in the Roaring Twenties, just at the birth of the “consumer society” America had become and the height of the American Dream ideal. Gatsby is most definitely one of the many who pursued this ideal, and one of the few who achieved it. Originally a poor man, Gatsby got his start purely by luck and charm. From there, he had many business ventures that may not have been entirely legal. Gatsby threw parties every weekend for the rich and famous of New York in his mansion, owned countless expensive cars, and wore a pink suit. Despite all of this, he was never happy with all of his money. Every night he would stand at the water’s edge and stare across the bay to the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock, and he claimed to throw his lavish parties only in hopes that Daisy would wander through his front door one night. Even when he was together with Daisy, he was not truly happy because she was still with Tom. Gatsby spent his whole life pursuing the American Dream to get a woman who didn’t even attend his
Scott Fitzgerald shows through this novel that even if you have all the money and possessions in the world, your life still might be lonely and disconsolate. The story takes place in the Roaring Twenties, just at the birth of the “consumer society” America had become and the height of the American Dream ideal. Gatsby is most definitely one of the many who pursued this ideal, and one of the few who achieved it. Originally a poor man, Gatsby got his start purely by luck and charm. From there, he had many business ventures that may not have been entirely legal. Gatsby threw parties every weekend for the rich and famous of New York in his mansion, owned countless expensive cars, and wore a pink suit. Despite all of this, he was never happy with all of his money. Every night he would stand at the water’s edge and stare across the bay to the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock, and he claimed to throw his lavish parties only in hopes that Daisy would wander through his front door one night. Even when he was together with Daisy, he was not truly happy because she was still with Tom. Gatsby spent his whole life pursuing the American Dream to get a woman who didn’t even attend his