During the 1920’s, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a very popular author and today is known for his very famous book, The Great Gatsby. However, The Great Gatsby was not a bestseller, unlike many of his other novels. Most of his books related to the Jazz Age, much like The Great Gatsby. The Jazz Age, also known as the Roaring Twenties, was a time when the majority of people in America seemed to have money to spend. The Jazz Age came to an abrupt halt when the stock market crashed in 1929. This caused the United States to go into a depression, and as a result, no one felt like reading about the prosperous life that was behind them. Fitzgerald was shocked that his “purely creative artwork”, as he called it, was not a huge success. His book did
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It isn’t until Nick Carraway, Gatsby’s neighbor, attends one of his parties that we discover the background of Jay Gatsby’s life. Through Jay and Nick’s many interactions after the party, the author reveals to us that Jay Gatsby did not always have a rich and lively life. Fitzgerald informs the reader that Jay Gatsby, whose real name is James Gatz, lived on a farm in North Dakota and started out living a very poor life. It wasn’t until later in Gatsby’s life that he developed the ambition and desire to become rich. He claimed his wealth through distributing illegal alcohol and trading in stolen securities. His motivation for his quick rise to fame was his long lost love, Daisy Buchanan. Five years before the novel takes place, Gatsby had grown a close relationship with a girl he had met named Daisy. However, their relationship drifts apart when Gatsby leaves to fight in the war. When Gatsby is gone, Daisy gets married to a man named Tom Buchanan, but even that does not stop Gatsby from wanting his one and only true love, Daisy, back. “I am going to fix everything just the way it was before,” he (Gatsby) said, nodding determinedly. “She’ll see.” By Gatsby telling Nick that he will be able to make Daisy love him, just like she did in the past, shows that he will stop at nothing to get her
It isn’t until Nick Carraway, Gatsby’s neighbor, attends one of his parties that we discover the background of Jay Gatsby’s life. Through Jay and Nick’s many interactions after the party, the author reveals to us that Jay Gatsby did not always have a rich and lively life. Fitzgerald informs the reader that Jay Gatsby, whose real name is James Gatz, lived on a farm in North Dakota and started out living a very poor life. It wasn’t until later in Gatsby’s life that he developed the ambition and desire to become rich. He claimed his wealth through distributing illegal alcohol and trading in stolen securities. His motivation for his quick rise to fame was his long lost love, Daisy Buchanan. Five years before the novel takes place, Gatsby had grown a close relationship with a girl he had met named Daisy. However, their relationship drifts apart when Gatsby leaves to fight in the war. When Gatsby is gone, Daisy gets married to a man named Tom Buchanan, but even that does not stop Gatsby from wanting his one and only true love, Daisy, back. “I am going to fix everything just the way it was before,” he (Gatsby) said, nodding determinedly. “She’ll see.” By Gatsby telling Nick that he will be able to make Daisy love him, just like she did in the past, shows that he will stop at nothing to get her