The Great Gatsby
(F. Scott Fitzgerald)
F. Scott Fitzgerald's story of love and loss during the 1920s has everything a reader could ask for: unrequited love, affairs, murder, and the mob. Set during the time of prohibition, the story revolves around a dynamic and varied cast of characters. Our narrator is Nick, who starts out the book a naive young man, but over the course of the text, turns 30 and realizes he's not the innocent lamb he once was. Daisy, Tom, and Jay Gatsby form a convoluted love triangle which is the central force of the novel. Fitzgerald uses symbolism to drive home the important points of the story. We have Gatsby enthralled by a green dock light which represents both his love for Daisy and his greed for all things material--he does not wish to obtain these possessions for himself but as a means to draw Daisy to him. The use of color throughout the book is also a major symbol, Daisy is always depicted in white, for her girlish innocence, and even her name is quite the symbol of youth and sunny days. A daisy tells where she loves me or loves me not, which is a question Gatsby ponders all through the troubled text. Our characters are watched over by a large billboard leftover by a now defunct optometrist, Dr. TJ Eckleburg, and comes to represent God to the people who see him. He is a reminder that their deeds may be not go unpunished. Fitzgerald's dramatic tale ends with heartache and murder. The death toll mount, and Daisy is once again left unfulfilled and a possession of her husband, Tom's. Nick is left to pick up the pieces, moving on as an older, wiser man of thirty. And Gatsby, well, Gatsby once again becomes a piece of the past. This book is a timeless classic. It holds the attention of new audiences who find it hard to believe a classic like this actually goes so far as to talk of things like infidelity, mob connections, and murder. High school students may be required to read it, but will find as adults they revisit it because it was good.
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