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Book report of The Great Gatsby

In fact, I have seen the film version of The Great Gatsby, and also have a distinct impression of the movie. Because of the homework assign by teacher, I take this opportunity to read the Great Gatsby completely and carefully.

Before reading this book, I search for the information about this book’s writer. His name is F. Scott Fitzgerald, American short-story writer and novelist, is known for his turbulent personal life and his famous novel The Great Gatsby. He was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the most important representative person of the “Jazz Age”. He published over 160 short novels, for instance, Benjamin’s Fantasy Trip, Ice Palace, Winter Dream and so on. Fitzgerald died of a heart attack in 1940, at his age of only 44, while his novel wasn’t completed.

Fitzgerald was a bright and handsome man. He attended the St. Paul Academy, when he was 13. In 1911, when Fitzgerald was 15 years old, his parents sent him to the Newman School, a prestigious Catholic preparatory school in New Jersey. During his study, he met Father Sigourney Fay, who noticed his talent in writing and encouraged him to pursue his literary ambition.

In 1913, he graduated from the Newman School. Fitzgerald stayed in New Jersey to continue his study at Princeton University. At Princeton, he made his mind being a good writer. However, Fitzgerald's writing came at the expense of his coursework. In 1917, he dropped out of school to join the U.S. Army. In 1924, Fitzgerald moved to France, and it was there, in Valescure, Fitzgerald wrote his the greatest novel, The Great Gatsby, which was published in 1925.

The Great Gatsby is narrated by Nick, a man who moves into the town of West Egg on Long Island, next door to a mansion owned by the wealthy man who is named as Jay Gatsby. The novel follows Nick and Gatsby's strange friendship and Gatsby's pursuit of a married woman named Daisy. With its beautiful lyricism, pitch-perfect portrayal of the “Jazz Age”, and searching critiques of materialism, love and the American Dream, The Great Gatsby is considered as Fitzgerald's best works. Although the book was well-received when it was published, it was not until the

1950s and 1960s, long time after Fitzgerald's death. The Great Gatsby achieved its stature as the definitive portrait of the "Roaring Twenties," as well as one of the greatest American novels ever written. Since his death, Fitzgerald has gained a reputation as one of the great authors in the history of American literature. And The Great Gatsby become one of the required reading books for every American high school student, and this book has a great effect on generations of readers in America.

As we know, Fitzgerald’s style is unlike the other modern writers in America, he uses more language to convey the meaningful meaning he wants to say. His themes are often very modern. All of his books and short stories display the loneliness and the misery of modern life. In some articles he written, he conveys the idea that, money can’t buy happiness.

The Great Gatsby was based on the Jazz Time, which describes the period of the 1920s and 1930s. The 1920s began when the World War One over. The 20th ended with a huge drop in stock market and the Great Depression. Fitzgerald was a representative person in that times. The nation's value had changed in that period. Many Americans were concerned mainly with having a good time and doing what they will. American society enjoyed unprecedented levels of prosperity. People broke the traditions by drinking alcohol, as spendthrifts and lived in a corrupt society. For his own times, Fitzgerald said: "There seemed no question about what was going to happen. America was going on the greatest party in its history and there was going to be plenty to tell about. " It was a world of gold and luxurious living.

This novel mainly tells us the story of Gatsby by Nick’s tone. Nick came to New York from his hometown the America Middle West, and he rent a small house nearby Gatsby’s luxurious mansion where hold a grand banquet every night.

The story began with the meet between Nick and Gatsby. And Nick had an exploratory interest to Gatsby and understood that there was a lost love in Gatsby’s deep heart. Gatsby and Daisy loved each other when Gatsby was young, because of Gatsby’s poor family they finally broken up. Then Gatsby joined the First World War. While Daisy was married to Tom who was a rich man, but her marriage was not happy because Tom had a mistress.