F Scott Fitzgerald's Life In The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby is one of the mostly widely read books across high schools and colleges in the world today, but why? F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby in 1925 following the first world war. It is a novel filled with love, hope, money, affairs, and death. There are only 6 main characters in the book: Nick, Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, Jordan, and Myrtle. Nick Carraway, who narrates the story, moves from the West Coast in pursed of his business man career dreams, intrigued by all the secrets people keep in him. Many aspects of Fitzgerald’s life are mirrored in The Great Gatsby such as fame, alcoholism, and the difficulties of love. The first aspect that is reflected in both Fitzgerald’s life and his novel is the pursuit for fame. Fitzgerald