THE GREAT GATSBY

Francis Scott Fitzgerald is an American author who was able to vividly depict the wealth and carelessness of the 1920s in the United States. The author grew up during the "Jazz Age," when music was at its peak. While those extravagant and quirky times have passed, readers can still enjoy the legacy of his books, which promote a culture of freedom, joy, and hedonism. His most well-known novel is "The Great Gatsby." It was published in 1925, at a period marked by Dry Law, gangster conflicts, lavish parties, and extravagant lives.

The protagonist of this book, Jay Gatsby, has a life path that mimics Fitzgerald's. Fitzgerald has experienced it everything over his writing career, from adoration and recognition for his debut novel, "This Side of Paradise," published in 1920, to damaging apathy and harsh criticism for a number of his later works. Similarly, for Jay Gatsby, achieving the American dream turned out to be a catastrophic life tragedy — despite the fame and fortune that came with it, his rise to the top of the socioeconomic ladder resulted in disillusionment and loss. After reading the book, the reader will realise that what people truly desire is not worldly commodities, but emotional ones - genuine, mutual, and everlasting love.

The Book's Main Characters

The book is much more difficult than the protagonist Jay Gatsby's connection with his beloved Daisy Buchanan.

Jay Gatsby

What is the story of Jay Gatsby? Is he an enigma, a con artist, a killer, a wealthy man, or a poor man? He is all of those things to some level, but he is none of them at the same time. This individual embodies the collective picture of a society in which everyone can find features with which they can identify. Gatsby is a dreamer and a romantic who appreciates beauty and generosity. He fantasies of being reunited with Daisy, his loves. But, at the same time, he is a product of his consumerist society, and he defines his worth in terms of the adoration he receives from others.

The first component of Jay's personality, his romantic side, receives the greatest attention from Fitzgerald. He spends a lot of time hunting for old ideals and goals that turn out to be fictitious and gone. Daisy is both the dream and the death of Gatsby. The fact that his vision of her is inaccurate exemplifies the book's central message: a culture whose values may be influenced by a desire for monetary items cannot be humane or happy.

Nick Carraway

Nick is the embodiment of human kindness, a man's spiritual beauty, and inner strength. Despite exposing both sides of the "lost generation," the book reads in a positive and pleasant manner due to the fact that he narrates it. Nick's story unfolds with Jay Gatsby's; he falls in love with Jordan while recounting how Jay fell in love with Daisy. Nick and Gatsby have many characteristics, including boldness, dignity, and genuine goodwill. Nick, unlike Gatsby, is able to withstand the temptations and evil edges of life. After seeing Jordan's shallowness, he musters the courage to end their connection, while Gatsby maintains his romance with Daisy, attempting to live the illusory dream he had concocted in his imagination.

Nick can discern Jay Gatsby's true objectives, and more importantly, he can predict how they will play out. He is a good buddy; in fact, by the end of the novel, he is the only one who remains by his friend's side after everyone else has abandoned him. Nick is one of the few persons who attend the burial, despite the fact that hundreds attended Gatsby's parties. Mr. Carraway is a responsible man who is not hesitant to speak up against injustice. The author believed his civilization will be able to establish moral basis in the complex American realities of the time because of people like Nick.

Daisy Buchanan

Daisy Buchanan was born into a wealthy family. She is a lovely woman with a lovely voice. She's a lot of fun and easygoing, but she's difficult to get a hold of. Gatsby sees her as an easy target because of her inaccessibility. But there was always a chasm between them: by the time Gatsby got wealthy, Daisy had already married and had a child. The lovebirds were still apart when Daisy left her marriage for Gatsby due to their differing views. Daisy's initial vision of herself as a beautiful lady, a wife, and a mother shattered with each subsequent chapter of the book.

Daisy is a woman who is a product of her day, frivolous and sassy. The beautiful interior design of Gatsby's estate, his big wardrobe, and his apparent importance in the eyes of her surroundings, for example, readily thrill her. The sound of her voice, Gatsby acknowledges, sounds like money. She is a tragic woman who is unable to live the life she desires. She initially rejects Gatsby when they are young (thus betraying her actual sentiments), but later she desires to be with him (because of his riches).

Tom Buchanan

If Jay Gatsby is constantly balancing his two different egos, Tom is the embodiment of one of them. He is excessively greedy, self-assured in his individuality, exudes physical strength, clings to his individualistic ideals with tenacity, and is not afraid to show his ignorance and narrow worldview. Tom, like his wife, grew up in a high-status household and benefited significantly from his family's financial position. As a result, his values and thoughts about people are heavily influenced by his money. Other socioeconomic groups' horrors, as well as death (such as Myrtle Wilson's death), are secondary concepts to him.

The Buchanan couple's apparent beauty contrasts with the ugliness, emptiness, and selfishness that exists within them. Tom may lose himself in the shop windows for hours, mesmerised by the gleaming gems. He, on the other hand, can't even hold a serious thought for a minute. Tom's lack of growth and personal improvement is established from the first chapter, when the author describes him as "...one of those persons who achieve such intense circumscribed greatness at twenty-one that everything subsequently savours of anti-climax."

THE GREAT GATSBY PLOT

Nick Carraway, who is 30 years old and hails from an affluent family, tells the narrative. The first chapter describes how he begins his credit deals firm after returning from the war. He rented a house in West Egg, directly across the harbour from his second cousin Daisy's home. Daisy Buchanan is the wife of Tom Buchanan. Nick has known Tom since college and has spent time with the pair in Chicago. Tom is physically well-built and financially well-off to the point that "... he left Chicago and came east in a manner that took your breath away: for example, he'd brought down a string of polo horses from Lake Forest."

It was difficult for me to believe that a man in my century was wealthy enough to do so" (Chapter 1). Tom began cheating on his wife shortly after their engagement; she is aware of this, but they both appear to be oblivious to it. Tom even introduces Nick to his lover, Myrtle Wilson, who is also Tom's friend Wilson's wife.

Jay Gatsby lives next door to Nick. His home is a magnificent mansion that is overrun with visitors and parties every weekend. Nick is invited to one of these gatherings one day. This is unusual because most people do not wait for an invitation and simply show there. The host has not been seen by many of the people that attend the events, and he remains a mystery to the majority of them. However, Nick grows close to Gatsby over time, and one day Jay asks Nick to arrange a "accidental" meeting with his cousin Daisy.

Daisy was a lieutenant when Gatsby met her five years ago. The two fell in love, but circumstances prevented them from being together. Daisy got a letter shortly before her wedding that nearly convinced her to call off the wedding.

When the long-distance lovers meet for the first time after so many years apart, they are both overcome with emotion. Daisy visits Jay at his home, and the two share a few recollections, rekindling the feelings. Daisy starts showing up at Gatsby's gatherings on a regular basis. He wants her to abandon her spouse and join him on the run. Tom engages in a fight for his wife. Wilson discovers that Myrtle is disloyal one day, but he has no idea that she is cheating on him with Tom. When Wilson tells Tom that he wants to take Myrtle out of town, Tom knows that he is losing both his wife and his mistress.

Daisy has always loved Gatsby, but only married Tom because Gatsby was destitute when the two met, Gatsby tells Tom. Tom tells Daisy that Jay's income comes from a questionable source in an attempt to persuade her to reconsider leaving her spouse. They go on a trip later. Daisy rides in a car with Gatsby on the way home, while the rest of the group drives with Tom. At the same moment, Myrtle is having an argument with her husband and runs into a beige Rolls-Royce, mistaking it for Tom's car. As a result, she is driven over and killed by the car, which does not even come to a halt. After then, Jay informs Nick that Daisy was behind the wheel of the car.The next day, Gatsby spends the entire day outside Daisy's estate, desperate to speak with her. Daisy, on the other hand, gathers her belongings and flees with her husband, leaving no address behind. Gatsby's real name is James Gatz, and the reader learns more about him in Chapter 6. At the age of 17, he changed his name because "he had the name ready for a long time..." Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, was born from his Platonic conception of himself. Jay tells Nick about the difficulties he had to overcome in order to become wealthy and marry Daisy.

Tom informs Wilson that Gatsby owns the automobile that killed his wife. He comes to Gatsby's estate, kills him, and then shoots himself because he has no hope for justice. Nick invites everyone who attended Gatsby's parties to the burial, but only three people show up: Jay's father, Nick, and one other party goer. Everyone else ignores the funeral because it isn't as much fun to go to one.