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A review by clarissaagatha
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
4.0
The story was narrated by Nick Carraway, a young man who left his hometown to do a finance job in New York. Unexpectedly, his house was located right next to the tremendous house owned by Jay Gatsby, a mysterious man with an enormous wealth. He kept hosting extravagant party where people from all over New York City gathered. Nick started to bond with Gatsby and he learned that Gatsby was Daisy’s (Nick's cousin who lived across Gatsby's house) ex-lover. Gatsby fell in love (or he did not?) with Daisy a long time because of her wealth represented the kind of life he wants. Daisy was everything he desired in life (his American Dream).It was more like an obssesion to become a part of high society with obsence wealth. Unfortunately, a lot of bad circumstances happened.
Chasing your dreams is not a bad thing, but in reality people want instant results and will gladly do anything to achieve their dreams. People want to be on top of everything in society and it becomes an obsession that will not leave their mind. Taking a horrendous path to obtain it won’t be a problem. Of course, they won't realize what they did until it backfires.
In this novel, Fitzgerald did a great job in portraying the typical "American Dream" and how shallow and shameless rich people were in 1920s. Nobody is real, they are all trying to project of who they want to be in life.
Chasing your dreams is not a bad thing, but in reality people want instant results and will gladly do anything to achieve their dreams. People want to be on top of everything in society and it becomes an obsession that will not leave their mind. Taking a horrendous path to obtain it won’t be a problem. Of course, they won't realize what they did until it backfires.
In this novel, Fitzgerald did a great job in portraying the typical "American Dream" and how shallow and shameless rich people were in 1920s. Nobody is real, they are all trying to project of who they want to be in life.