The American Tale ’The Great Gatsby’ by F Scott Fitzgerlad it is a fine work that succeeds to depict what the American Dream was and what of it remains. Earlier the dream was about building a life and it had deeper aspects to it, but now the fight or struggle has gotten merely reduced into a fight for money- a fight to be rich. And what follows are ostentatious, extravagant displays of wealth, hollow and meaningless. But what makes Gatsby great even though his dream was corrupt, is his incorrupt never-ending love for Daisy.
The novel captures and conveys number of themes that I was able to understand after reflecting over the myriad of symbols over and over again. The class division, how each and everyone is driven by a dream that will hopefully make their future "better" and yet how they cling on to their past, how money can neither buy you social connections nor erase your past, and so on.
Out of all the messages that the author strives to convey, the most striking one( to me at least), is the futility of chasing the long lost past and the desperate attempt of recreating it using money earned by short cuts. It also shows how these struggles will ultimately get you what you wanted all along, but makes you question the worth of it and fills you with regret for not living your life