The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby was written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, and published in 1925. The story line is complicated, and the style of the writing often makes the plot even more confusing. The Great Gatsby is about a man named Jay Gatsby who has built himself from the ground up, a man who has every worldly thing, including money and power, but is only missing love.
In the book, the narrator, Nick, becomes friends with a wealthy man named Gatsby. Gatsby is as mysterious as he is wealthy, and the source of his money is imagined to be unscrupulous. Eventually, Nick finds that Gatsby's greatest desire is to have Daisy, a woman he once loved, but who is now married to another man. When Gatsby again becomes involved with Daisy, a classic love triangle ensues, and Daisy reluctantly denounces her love for her husband. When Daisy and Gatsby are out driving, they unintentionally kill a woman that Daisy's husband was having relations with. Mr. Wilson, the husband of the dead woman is enraged and kills Gatsby and later kills himself. Only three people show up to Gatsby's funeral, showing that even those with power and money can be left alone in their last moments.
The Great Gatsby is a sad tale about love, death, and the destruction of a man. The moral of the story could be many things: not taking hold of opportunities now may cause sorrow later, love knows nothing of money and power, unfaithfulness only breeds more unfaithfulness. Or maybe, the story means nothing, or something else entirely. As always, one's own judgments may be made about the content between the lines.