Nick Carraway, the first-person narrator of The Great Gatsby, lives on Long Island, New York. Nick lives next door to the enormous mansion of a mysterious man named Gatsby. This mysterious Gatsby throws incredibly extravagant and gaudy parties. “The bar is in full swing and floating rounds of cocktails perme

The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is the central topic of many novels. This dream is different for different people, but in The Great Gatsby, for Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness. Gatsby will not rest until he finally fulfills his American Dream. The fulfillment of his American Dream never comes about and he ends up paying the ultimate price for it. The idea of the American Dream still holds true in today's time, be it wealth, love, or fame. But one thing never changes about the American Dream; everyone desires something in life, and everyone, will strive tirelessly and will do anything to get it. Gatsby is a prime example of how these dreams are empty and dangerous. By trying to achieve this American Dream, he does nothing but ruin his life and get himself killed.

Nick learns that Gatsby is in love with Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby meets Daisy years before while being stationed in her hometown in the South during World War I. Gatsby seeks to rekindle that earlier love in Daisy. Daisy is now married to a cruel and brutal husband, Tom. This effort fails, and Ga

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