The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
The novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story about life in 1920s America. “The Great Gatsby” was written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald and became one of the greatest literary documents of this period, in which the economy prospered. It is a story told through the eyes of a young man, Nick Carraway, as he befriends his mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby, and witnesses a summer of love, extramarital affairs, the downfall of the American dream, life of the upper class and tragedy. “The Great Gatsby” is a novel that illustrates the obsession with the American dream and how it can lead to downfall and tragedy. “The Great Gatsby” centers around the obsession with the American dream in 1920s America. This story takes place in New York in the summer of 1922. Nick Carraway from Minnesota comes to New York for a summer to learn about and work in the bond business. He rents a home in West Egg across a bay of water from East Egg where he has connections to his cousin, Daisy and her husband, who was his classmate at Yale, Tom Buchanan. One night upon returning home he receives an invitation to his neighbor’s house party, whom this story centers around, Jay Gatsby. The whole story is an obsession with the American dream, but nobody is more obsessed than Gatsby. He was a soldier who trained in Louisville when he met Daisy. They fell in love despite him being poor and Daisy coming from a rich family. Gatsby then went away from World War I, only to return to find out that Daisy has married an heir from one of the wealthiest families in America, Tom Buchanan. This news ignites Gatsby obsession with the American dream. He is and always has been obsessed with the upper class and dedicates his life to become wealthy to win Daisy back. He buys a house in West Egg across from East Egg to keep an eye on Daisy. He spends many nights overlooking
The novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story about life in 1920s America. “The Great Gatsby” was written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald and became one of the greatest literary documents of this period, in which the economy prospered. It is a story told through the eyes of a young man, Nick Carraway, as he befriends his mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby, and witnesses a summer of love, extramarital affairs, the downfall of the American dream, life of the upper class and tragedy. “The Great Gatsby” is a novel that illustrates the obsession with the American dream and how it can lead to downfall and tragedy. “The Great Gatsby” centers around the obsession with the American dream in 1920s America. This story takes place in New York in the summer of 1922. Nick Carraway from Minnesota comes to New York for a summer to learn about and work in the bond business. He rents a home in West Egg across a bay of water from East Egg where he has connections to his cousin, Daisy and her husband, who was his classmate at Yale, Tom Buchanan. One night upon returning home he receives an invitation to his neighbor’s house party, whom this story centers around, Jay Gatsby. The whole story is an obsession with the American dream, but nobody is more obsessed than Gatsby. He was a soldier who trained in Louisville when he met Daisy. They fell in love despite him being poor and Daisy coming from a rich family. Gatsby then went away from World War I, only to return to find out that Daisy has married an heir from one of the wealthiest families in America, Tom Buchanan. This news ignites Gatsby obsession with the American dream. He is and always has been obsessed with the upper class and dedicates his life to become wealthy to win Daisy back. He buys a house in West Egg across from East Egg to keep an eye on Daisy. He spends many nights overlooking