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TheGreatGatsby,TheGreatGatsby,TheGreatGatsbyisa1925novelwrittenbyAmericanauthorF.ScottFitzgeraldthatfollowsacastofcharacterslivinginthefictionaltownofWestEggonprosperousLongIslandinthesummerof1922.ThestoryprimarilyconcernstheyoungandmysteriousmillionaireJayGatsbyandhisquixoticpassionforthebeautifulDaisyBuchanan.ConsideredtobeFitzgeraldsmagnumopus,TheGreatGatsbyexploresthemesofdecadence,idealism,resistancetochange,socialupheaval,andexcess,creatingaportraitoftheJazzAgeortheRoaringTwentiesthathasbeendescribedasacautionarytaleregardingtheAmericanDream.,F.ScottFitzgerald,TheauthorofTheGreatGatsby,FrancisScottKeyFitzgerald(September24,1896December21,1940)wasanAmericanauthorofnovelsandshortstories,whoseworksaretheparadigmaticwritingsoftheJazzAge,atermhecoined.HeiswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatestAmericanwritersofthe20thcentury.,FitzgeraldisconsideredamemberoftheLostGenerationofthe1920s.Hefinishedfournovels:ThisSideofParadise,TheBeautifulandDamned,TheGreatGatsby(hismostfamous),andTenderIstheNight.Afifth,unfinishednovel,TheLoveoftheLastTycoon,waspublishedposthumously.Fitzgeraldalsowrotemanyshortstoriesthattreatthemesofyouthandpromisealongwithageanddespair.,FitzgeraldsfriendshipwithHemingwaywasquitevigorous,ThewifeofF.ScottFitzgerald,ZeldaFitzgerald,ZeldaSayreatabout16,indancecostume,Themes:moneyandlove,Attitudetowardsmoney:contradictoryandcomplexDoublevision:knowingitwellinside;seeingitironicallyoutsideSpecialexperience:familiarwithlifestyle,mentalstateandmoralstandardsoftherichCriticaloftherichandshowingthedisintegratingeffectsofwealthontheemotionalmake-up,MajorCharacters,NickCarrawayatthestartoftheplot,anewlyarrivedresidentofWestEgg.Heservesasthefirst-personnarratorofthenovel.HeisGatsbysnext-doorneighborandabondsalesman.JayGatsbyLivesnexttoNickinamansion;throwshugeparties,conpletewithcateredfood,openbars;peoplecomefromeverywheretoattendtheseparties,butnooneseemstoknowmuchaboutthehost.DaisyFayBuchananShallowgirlwhoistheemodimentofGatsbysdreams;shewasgoingtomarryGatsbybuthewentofftowar.,TomBuchananHuabandofDaisy;acruelmanwholiveslifeirresponsiblyJordanBakerAcynicalandconceitedwomanwhocheatsingolf;wantsNicktogooutwithher.MyrtleWilson-Tomhasanaffairwiththismarriedwoman,andthenabandonsherafterhebecomeboredwithher.GeorgeB.WilsonMytleshusband,thelifeless,exhaustedownerofarun-downautoshopattheedgeofthevalleyofashes.,MajorCharacters,Figurerelationshiptable,Nick,neighbor,Gatsby,Wilson,Daisy,Tom,Myrtle,husband,mistress,wife,murderer,cousin,ex-lover,Theplotofthenovel,GatsbyisapooryouthfromtheMidwest.HefallsinlovewithDaisy,agirlfromawealthyfamily.Asapoorlad,Gatsbyistoopoortomarryher,soDaisyismarriedtoarichyoungmannamedTomBuchanan.DaterminedtowinDaisyback,GatsbyengageshimselfinBootleggingandotherillegalactivities,thusearnsenoughmoneytobuyamagnificentmansion.,Theplotofthenovel,TherehehostsdazzlingpartieseveryweenkendinthehopeofattractingtheBuchananstocome.Bychancehisnext-doornerighbor,NickCarraway,isDaisysrelativeandhehelpsGatsbytomakeanappointment.TheyfinallycomeandGatsbymeetsDaisyagain.ButhefindsDaisyisnolongertheidealloveofhisdream.,Theplotofthenovel,Asenseoflossanddisillusionmentcomeoverhim.DaisyandTomdonotreallyloveeachother.Infact,TomhasamistressbythenameofMyrtleWilson,whoisthewifeoftheownerofagarage.OnedayDaisyquarrleswithTomandinafitofangershedrivesGatsybyscarandkillsMyrtleinanaccident.,Theplotofthenovel,Inordertoprotectthemselves,DaisyandTomplottoshifttheblametoGatsby,sayingGatsbyhasanaffairwithMyrtleandhekillshereventuanlly.MyrtleshusbandGeorgeWilsonbreaksintoGatsbyshouseandshotshimtodeath.TheBuchanansescape,andtheonlytwopersonsattendingGatsbysfuneralareNickandGatsbysfather,