The Great Gatsby, a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is viewed today to be a classic and one of Fitzgerald’s best works. The story takes place in New York, 1922 and includes a romance, murder and engulfing the reader in the culture of the 1920’s. However, Fitzgerald did something interesting when writing the story. He placed himself into the story as Gatsby himself. Fitzgerald used these characters to portray his life leading up to the book and his own personality and his outlook on his life and career. In the book, Gatsby’s reason for living in his huge mansion was to impress Daisy and get her to love him again. He did this because Daisy had once said, “Rich girls don’t marry poor boys”. This quote is from the Great Gatsby movie. This
