While the 1920’s is seen as a party era where everybody is having such a grand time, these behaviors were actually used to hide shallow, hollow, lonely lives. American author F. Scott Fitzgerald is most well known for his famous novel The Great Gatsby, which was published in 1925. This novel is a detailed illustration of the Jazz Age, a name given to the 1920’s in the United States. Fitzgerald saw the moral decline of the time period, as members of today’s society may worry about relevant declining issues. One of the reasons this story remains so pertinent is the complicated characters it showcases and how they can be interpreted in various ways by new readers.
The narrator of this story is Nick Carraway, who is Daisy Buchanan’s cousin and Jay Gatsby’s neighbor. Gatsby is well known for throwing lavish parties in his extravagant mansion on the north shore of Long Island. It is important to note that Gatsby was actually born into a poor mid-western family as James Gat. He moved east and gained wealth by illegally selling liquor and other criminal activities. Gatsby pursues and fulfills his dream, and is a self-made American success story. It is viewed as an example of saying, “If you work hard enough, you can succeed.” At the same time, the story also captures the idea of how quickly money corrupts people.
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It is as though he is on a mission and is willing to do anything to accomplish it. As a result, an outstanding thing is that this intense love made him lose his morality. For example, after Myrtle was killed, Gatsby was more concerned about Daisy’s reaction as though that was the only thing that mattered. Gatsby is losing his grasp on humanity as he is so focused on acquiring love from Daisy. Love remains to be a relevant and universal theme, even