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Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald 180 Pages **
 * The Great Gatsby

Author:
Francis Scott Fitzgerald is the author of The Great Gatsby. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1896. His parents were Edward and Mary (Mollie) Fitzgerald. When he was thirteen, Fitzgerald attended St. Paul Academy. His first work appeared in the school newspaper, and it was a detective story. Later on, he attended a Catholic prep school called the Newman School in New Jersey. After his years in New Jersey, he attended Princeton University, but his focus was not on schoolwork and so he decided to join the army. During his service to the army, he wrote a book called "The Romantic Egotist." After many revisions and rewriting, the book was published in 1920 and was renamed // T //// his Side of Paradise //. By this time, the war had ended, and Fitzgerald married Zelda Sayre. They lived luxuriously for a while, and a year after marriage they gave birth to their only son, Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzgerald. He wrote his first version of the Great Gatsby in 1924 in France. It took him many revisions and a lot of hard work for the story to be as it is today. Fitzgerald was known for his new voice in American fiction, and the // Great Gatsby // will forever be an American classic. Other novels written by Fitzgerald include * // The and Damned // and // Tender Is The Night. // in 1940, at the age of forty-four, he died of a heart attack, while working on his work // The Love of the Last Tycoon //. If you want more information, this information was found on this website: []

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Plot/Synopsis:
It is the summer of 1922 and Nick Carraway moves to New York to learn about the bond business. He resides in West Egg of Long Island, a wealthy district. He finds out that his next door neighbor is a very wealthy, mysterious man. Jay Gatsby is his name. He lives in a huge, Gothic style mansion, and he has parties at his house every Saturday night. Nick has many acquaintances in East Egg on Long Island, with whom he spends time with. One evening while in East Egg, Nick visits his cousin, Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom. They introduce him to the beautiful Jordan Baker, with whom he starts a romantic relationship. She tells him about the Buchanan's marraige and about the affair that Tom is having with a woman by the name of Myrtle Wilson. Nick is not very pleased with this information, and does not agree with Tom's lifestyle. Anyway, one day later in the summer, Nick receives an invitation to one of Gatsby's parties. Jordan was there, and together they find Gatsby and learn about his past. Gatsby told Jordan that he was in love with Daisy Buchanan. Nick sets up for Daisy and Gatsby to reunite, and one afternoon they all have tea together. After that afternoon, Gatsby and Daisy's love is new again, and an affair has been started. With all of these deranged relationships, Nick finds him questioning what is right and wrong, and if he really wants to live with the mess that has been created. If you want to know how this ends, pick up the book and read the well-known American classic, // The Great Gatsby // by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

In 1974, a movie was made based off of the book. It starred Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. The trailer is shown below: media type="youtube" key="cTxxXK9PQT0" height="385" width="480" align="center"

** Literary Terms: ** **Literary Analysis:** F. Scott Fitzgerald truly establishes many feelings within this work of literature. He reveals the feeling of a dream coming to an end. Many people had there dreams crushed, Gatsby included. He loved Daisy, but Daisy knew that she couldn't leave her husband, and she couldn't carry on with the affair. "'Oh, you want too much!' she cried to Gatsby. 'I love you now - isn't that enough? I can't help what's past'" (117 &118). Daisy is declaring her love for Gatsby, but she is saying that they cannot continue with their affair. That is the dream of their past, but they live in the present and cannot go back. Also, Nick loved Jordan, but he couldn't deal with the life style of folks from the East. "I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me, and she lay perfectly still listening in the big chair" (151). Later on he goes on to say that he was sad that their relationship was over, but he could not live with the way of the people from the East. Another example of dreams dying is that of Tom Buchanan. His dream ends when Myrtle is killed. He can no longer continue his affair, and his love is now gone. He has had a secret life up until then, but now all of his fun and games are over. "Presently Tom lifted his head with a jerk and after staring around the garage with glazed eyes addressed a mumbled incoherent remark to the policeman" (122). Tom was very surprised and he didn't know how to deal with it. Tom is slowly understanding what has happened.
 * GENRE: The genre of // The Great Gatsby // is of the Jazz Age. It is also a modernist novel. The Jazz Age was a time where "anything goes" and most people lived very flamboyantly. This was the era came about after World War I in the 1920's.
 * THEME: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals that the American dream is something that everone desires to achieve, but that is rarely attainable. There are many caharacters in the book who are wealthy an well-off, but deep inside they are not truly satisfied with their life.
 * POINT OF VIEW: This story was written in first person point of view, from Nick Carraway's perspective. He is the narrator, but he also acts as if he wrote the book himself as well. It is also written in the third person point of view at some times.
 * TONE: Another thing about the // The Great Gatsby // is the tone that Fitzgerald uses. He kind of feels different ways at different parts of the story. Sometimes he admires Gatsby for living so extravagantly, but sometimes he believes that Gatsby's life style is a little bit too excessive.
 * SETTING: The setting of this story is in the summer of 1922 in New York.
 * DICTION: The diction in the book is between high diction and neutral diction. He uses so more advanced words, but he also uses ordinary language.
 * PROTAGONIST: Nick Carraway or Jay Gatsby

If you want to hear other opinions, follow this link: [|Analysis of The Great Gatsby] ** Criticism: The Great Gatsby was a fabulous book! I really enjoyed the book because there were many connections that didn't completely come together until the end. It left me wondering what would happen next at the end of each chapter. The book was not predictable, and so the outcome really surprised me. Although it was a great book, and will always remain an American classic, the genre was not particularly my favorite. I enjoyed it, but it was a lot different than the style of book that I usually read. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to be surprised and who can comprehend easily. Many things were happening at one time, so it was a little difficult to follow and keep organized. All in all, I would rate this book a 4.5/5, with 5 being the best!

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