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The book I read was “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott
Fitzgerald. This book is based on the lifestyle of American in the 20’s. Nick Carraway
was a young man that moved to New York, to be in the bonding business. He lived
in West Egg also known New money and his cousin Daisy lived in East Egg also
known as Old money. Nick lived next to a very mysterious guy named Jay Gatsby. Jay
Gatsby had lavish parties which a lot of people attended. However nobody ever
meet Gatsby some even said he didn’t exist. But Nick meet Gatsby and got to know
the really Jay Gatsby. Gatsby was a self-made guy who made all his money
through the prohibition; he was estranged from his family. What drove him to make
so much money was Daisy, when he was a young man he meet Daisy and he fell in
love with her, but he knew that to have the upper class girl he must have the money
so he went away to find it. Daisy promise that she would wait for him, but when
she thought he had died in the war she married Tom Buchannan. When Gatsby return
he vowed to get her back. But the love they ones had was no longer there and
Gatsby failed to see that. Gatsby tried everything to get her back but she didn’t
love him but only toyed with his emotion. Jay Gatsby was a hopeless romantic
and that led to his tragedy. Tom Buchannan was having an affair with George
wife Myrtle. Tom was disgusted with Gatsby and wanted to get him out of his
wife life so he told George that Gatsby was having an affair with his wife and
Tom got so enraged he killed Gatsby. Daisy didn’t even cry when he died, she continued
her life as if nothing happened. Nick was
however distorted by the death of his close friend. Gatsby thought money could get
him the girl he wanted, that shows that money can’t buy everything.
After reading this book I was taken
aback. At this point in history in the stock market was booming and people was
party like there was no tomorrow. Traditions were thrown through the wind, the
moral decay of people were terrible. Also
I was disappointed that at Gatsby funeral no one attended. He helped many
people and gave them lavish gifts however they didn’t bother to go to his funeral.
I also thought that it was commendable
and heartwarming, that Nick went to his funeral by the way he planned and was
the only person who attended the funeral. It was not required of him to do this
but it came from his heart and the love of his friend.
The
author intent was to show the moral decay of people in the 20’s and that money cannot
buy everything. This story was chronologically organized.