The roaring twenty's in new york was a time of great, and irresponsible wealth. This was on full
display at lavish parties, much like those hosted by one Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is the title character from
F. Scott Fitzgerald's cherished novel, The Great Gatsby. Much of this book takes place in the fictional
town West Egg, in Long Island. A young man from the midwest, named Nick moves to West Egg.
Here he becomes next door neighbors with Jay Gatsby, and from there the book slowly takes off. There
are many themes in this very layered book, but one of the most glaring is that of discontentment. It's
clear that with several characters of The Great Gatsby, enough is never enough. Jay Gatsby, Tom
Buchanan, and of even Daisy each display this unappealing
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Tom engaging in many affairs despite having a wife and child of his
own. And finally Daisy, who doesn't seem to know what she wants, but knows she's not satisfied.
Jay Gatsby is a mysterious man with an uncertain past. Throughout the book there is much
speculation as to who this man is. Eventually the truth of Gatsby's past is revealed to us, and it's his
past that is truly his idol. Gatsby grew up a poor farmer boy named James Gatz. His whole childhood
Gatsby strived to build for himself a better life. Along this journey, Gatsby met a beautiful young
woman named Daisy. Gatsby fell for Daisy with an extraordinary love that would never leave him.
However, when Gatsby was fighting overseas in World War I, Daisy was through waiting for him and
she married another man, Tom. Daisy betrayed Gatsby's love, but this did not stop it, but only grew the
fire for Daisy in his heart. For five years Gatsby worked to get Daisy back, and when he finally got his
chance something was not right. In a crucial passage in chapter 6, when Daisy, her husband Tom, and
Nick our narrator are all at a party at Gatsby's house. Nick states that Gatsby's expectations were