The Great Gatsby 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 center 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. To get this happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream and in order to do this he must possess wealth and power. Jay Gatsby, the central figure of the story, is one character who longs for the past. Astonishingly enough he devotes most of his adult life trying to recapture it and, finally, dies in its pursuit. In the past, Jay had a love affair with Daisy. Knowing he could not marry her because they differ greatly in their social status, he ....

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