The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a searing commentary on the American Dream set in the Roaring Twenties. The novel tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire who organizes Lavish parties at his Long Island mansion in hopes of rekindling past love with Daisy Buchanan, now married to rich but unfaithful Tom Buchanan Gatsby... Narrated by neighbor Nick Carraway, this story is a story of money, love, and confusion, and also explores issues of social class. Fitzgerald's beautiful prose Rich symbolic imagery and a timeless exploration of ambition, loss, and the corrosive effects of money. It is a tragic story of passion and unfulfilled dreams beneath the glittering surface of Jazz Age excess. It culminates with a powerful and profound concern with the illusion of success. and time passes