The Great Gatsby

New York City is the place to be in the Roaring Twenties. Everything can be purchased everyone can be bought. Can you however use money to forget your past? Ironically Jay Gatsby the mysterious host of the most opulent parties is the only one who seems unaffected as more and more people succumb to the allure of money. Fitzgerald creates an epic tale that can only be referred to as a Great American novel by pitting a pure dream against the corrupting effects of riches in this timeless tale of American society.