Argumentative Essay On The Great Gatsby

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past,” was one of the most famous quotes written in arguably one of the greatest American novels of all time (Fitzgerald 180). Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, or more famously known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, is credited to creating arguably one of the most famous and renowned American novels of all time: The Great Gatsby. He was presented with many hardships in his career as an author, and unfortunately he did not overcome his, thought to have been, failure of a novel. He loved writing about wealth and cultural extravagance. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald was very fluent with explaining The American Dream; it was to achieve success in wealth and fame in the 1920’s. Being that the 1920’s were a time of economic prosperity, most Americans were determined to achieve The
It focuses on the narrator, Nick Carraway, and his friendship with Jay Gatsby, one of the richest men in New York at the time. Jay follows his one true love, Daisy Buchanan, to New York. He achieves major fortune and fame from his underground and illegal business while the prohibition is taking place. Many unfortunate events take place only ending Jay’s life. The book focuses on love, greed, deceit, power, and money as a symbolization of The American Dream (Donaldson 1). Now it is known as Fitzgerald’s greatest creation, but when it was published in 1925, it was not seen as that. Fitzgerald was hyping up his novel to be the greatest thing ever written. Many people were waiting for his novel to be published; they were expecting it to be something no one had ever read before. Unfortunately, when his book was published, it was thought to be a major disappointment (Biography.com Editors para. 11). From there, Fitzgerald’s life started to spiral downhill. Fitzgerald was always an alcoholic, but after his life work was not praised, he depended on alcohol much more than in his