A look into The Great Gatsby.

 F. Scott Fitzgerald took on the role of becoming one of the most renowned authors in American History. Along with Gertrude Stein, and Ernest Hemingwayf the "Lost Generation" changed literature. In the tale of The Great Gatsby the main character, Nick, was from Minnesota but moved to New York to work in a bond business. He claims in the beginning of the book that the man known as "Gatsby" was a representative of everything that he would not want to be, but that his overwhelming personality was "gorgeous".
 Nick Carraway had the characteristics of someone you would not usually meet during that time period. In the 20's many were trying to "get ahead" and would do anything to do so, that was exactly who gatsby was which makes his character -somewhat- relatable for the time period. Witth Nick; although, he was able to look at the arising situation between Gatsby and a co-workers wife Daisy with the inteligence that the consequences of his actions would be far worse then he could imagine.
 Gatsby was mysterious, and the mysteriousn-ness made him quite irresistable."He had one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in your life.", Nick stated.
 This book a lot like the Heart of Darkness was a very good eye into what exactly it was like to live during that time. Many men in the 20's existed much like Gatsby, they tried to become "great" even if great got you in a mess of trouble. What I love about the book was the end of it, not because I was finished (haha) but because Nick reflects on Gatsbys life in a way so beautiful that it made Gatsbys death not be made in vain. He reflected that Gatsby and his eternal love for Daisy is such that everyone should get to know in their lifetime and that we all need to gaze upon something like the green light and beat hard so that we may stretch our arms out... even further then Gatsby stretched his.

"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And one fine morning--So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."