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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is far more than a tragic love story; it is a piercing critique of the Jazz Age and the hollow American Dream. The novel centers on Jay Gatsby, a mysterious self-made millionaire who devotes his life to winning back Daisy Buchanan, his former lover trapped in a loveless marriage with the wealthy, cruel Tom Buchanan. Gatsby’s lavish parties, grand mansion and endless devotion all serve his desperate wish to recreate the past, yet his pure longing clashes sharply with the moral emptiness of the upper class. Fitzgerald uses vivid symbols like the distant green light at Daisy’s dock— a sign of Gatsby’s unreachable dream—and the Valley of Ashes to expose the corruption behind wealth and the shallowness of materialism. In the end, Gatsby’s tragic death, ignored by everyone except narrator Nick, reveals the coldness of a society driven by money. This masterpiece remains timeless, reminding readers that wealth can never buy love, happiness or the chance to redo the past.