The Illusion of the American Dream
The Great Gatsby is one of the most iconic novels in American literature. Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and set during the Jazz Age of the 1920s, the novel offers a sharp critique of wealth, class, and the American Dream, exposing the emptiness that often lies beneath glamour and excess.
The story is narrated by Nick Carraway, a young man who moves to Long Island and becomes drawn into the world of his mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is fabulously wealthy and throws lavish parties, all in the hope of rekindling his lost love with Daisy Buchanan.
As Nick becomes entangled in the lives of Daisy, her husband Tom Buchanan, and the morally careless elite of East Egg, the novel reveals the darker realities of obsession, social inequality, and moral decay. Gatsby’s dream—built on illusion rather than truth—ultimately leads to tragedy.
