review

The Great Gatsby is more than a tale of love and ambition; it is a searing critique of the American Dream’s hollow core. F. Scott Fitzgerald weaves a haunting narrative around Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire whose relentless pursuit of the elusive Daisy Buchanan blinds him to the emptiness of his lavish parties and material wealth. The novel’s prose is lyrical yet sharp, with the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock serving as a timeless symbol of unfulfilled desires and distant hopes. What makes this book endure is its unflinching look at how obsession can corrupt the purest of intentions, and how the glitter of the Jazz Age masked a world of moral decay. It is a masterpiece that forces readers to confront the gap between illusion and reality.