F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby explores the idea of the American Dream in the 1920s: A time when the country was recovering from World War 1, and a period of changes to the economy and culture.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby focuses on the life and relationships of Jay Gatsby, a self-made man with a murky past, and his doomed love for Daisy Buchanan.

Further explore The Great Gatsby through its main characters: Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, Jordan Baker, Myrtle, George Wilson and Meyer Wolfshiem.

The setting of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby contrasts the morals of the East Coast with the American Mid-West. East and West Egg represent differences in class and heritage.

Among the most interesting stylistic devices used by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 'The Great Gatsby' are: first-person narrative, symbolism, and imagery

On the surface, 'The Great Gatsby' is a story of the thwarted love between a man and a woman. The true themes of the novel, however, are much more complex and include the American Dream, loss of moral values, and appearances versus reality.