The Great Gatsby
(F. Scott Fitzgerald)
While The Great Gatsby is a highly specific portrait of American society during the Roaring Twenties, its story is as common as the plots of Shakespearean plays - the ascent of a penniless man to a wealthy one only to discover that all his wealth cannot give him back his lady love. The central character is Jay Gatsby, a wealthy New Yorker. Gatsby is primarily known for the lavish parties he throws every weekend at his ostentatious Gothic mansion. He is suspected of being involved in illegal bootlegging and other underworld activities. The narrator, Nick Carraway, is Gatsby's neighbor in West Egg. Nick is a young man from a prominent Midwestern family. Educated at Yale, he has come to New York to enter the bond business. In some sense, the novel is Nick's memoir, his unique view of the events of the summer of 1922; as such, his impressions and observations necessarily color the narrative as a whole. For the most part, he plays only a peripheral role in the events of the novel; he prefers to remain a passive observer. Upon arriving in New York, Nick visits his cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her husband, Tom. The Buchanans live in the posh Long Island district of East Egg; Nick, like Gatsby, resides in nearby West Egg, a less fashionable area looked down upon by those who live in East Egg. West Egg is home to the nouveau riche people who lack established social connections, and tend to vulgarly flaunt their wealth. Tom has been having an affair with another woman. At this point of the novel, Gatsby's whereabouts are unclear. Gatsby allegedly belonged to a wealthy San Francisco family. However as the story unfolded, it became clear that Gatsby was a poor child who stayed in Dan Cody's (Daisy's father ) home. Cody was Gatsby's mentor. However after the death of Cody, his son treated Gatsby very badly and succeeded in getting Daisy married to Tom despite knowing that Daisy and Gatsby were in love with one another. Gatsby was hurt so much that he immediately left the home and finally succeeded in getting rich. Then he returned to win the favours of Daisy. As everything became clear, Tom became very furious with his wife for indulging in any sort of affair (though he himself was indulging in an affair ). Torn out between Tom and Gatsby, Daisy was involved in an accident which killed Tom's lover and Daisy gets injured. The victim's husband killed Gatsby. The novel ends hailing Gatsby as truly great for having achieved his dreams. But it suffers from shoddy definition of morals. It is a good work, but far from excellent.
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