The Great Gatsby

From reading F Scott's Fitzgerald's classic masterpiece, The Great Gastby, I have gained major insight into the lifestyle of the 1920's. People liked nice clothes, fast cars, lavish parties, and not to mention good liquor. But all of these things rolled into one huge extravaganza proves that even with this luxurious lifestyle, none of it is worth living if you cannot be with the one whom you love. Jay Gatsby, man who truly goes from rags to riches, learns this lesson the hard way as he fatefully takes the blame for a murder he did not commit in order to save his loved one's reputation, only to have it thrown in his face as he is murdered and nobody even attends his funeral. This book is filled with symbolism, reoccurring themes, and life lessons no man or woman is soon to forget. Jay Gatsby lead a life of greatness, yet with whom much is given, much is expected. He threw all the lavish parties he possibly could have in his castle of a home, yet he suffers the same fate that all men do, and that fate is a death accompanied by true sorrow as all of the people who enjoyed his riches have no respects to pay at his funeral. Where he is buried by only his neighbor of three months. A truly wonderful work by a truly wonderful author of the ages.