Close the pages,I feel a strong sense of oppression and heavy.In the 1920s,the economy of America developed fast and in the World War I,the America won a great victory.Achievements in economy and politic made the American society full of flourish,nevertheless,it also brought vanity,false and hubris.
The book < The Great Gatsby > born in this time.Its author F.Scott Fitzgerald created it to criticize the pompous of the society,and to preach the true emotion.It's a story said about a man named Gatsby.he lost his heart to a wealthy women named Daisy when he was young.But he lost her because he was poor and he needed to attend the war as a soldier .When he came back from the war.He did business in a illegal way,and became a rich man.To pursuit Daisy back,he did many things.He held parties,lived in the opposite house to Daisy’s house,and so on .At last,he was dead for Daisy.Nobody came to his funeral except his father and his friend Nick.And the story was said from Nick's angle of the view.
The protagonist Gatsby undoubtedly represents the spirit of the times directly :All people want to earn more money,get a higher position through their own efforts,became a posted man,and then used everything they owned to recover all that was unable to get in the past.However,they lost themself in the money and carnival gradually.The party blinded their eyes,let they saw the extravagant stage,dazzling lights,sexy and dressed beauties,wine shaking in the glass,the musician's life burned on the keyboard,but they could not saw each other’s heart anymore.All emotions was related to money,money became everything’s basic.5 years ago,Daisy was a innocent girl,Gatsby was a ambitious boy.Gatsby thought the obstacles of their love is money.Once he got money ,once he was rich,they could have a happy life.However,his thought just right a half.Yes,their obstacles is money,but it did not mean that once he was rich he can take back everything.Maybe Gatsby was the original boy,but Daisy was not the original girl.She lost in the money.She was afraid back to the poor life,she was afraid to break the peace and happy,even it was a illusion.She was not really happy,but she would rather hide in the illusion made by money ,did not want to risk losing glory,rich life.
The saddest scene was at the end of the story .Gatsby stood on the dock,stretched out hands across to the green light from Daisy’s house,he was surrounded by darkness,at that moment,a strong feeling of alone hit my heart.It makes me understand,the parties,the worship,the rich life never belong to Gatsby,even Daisy’s love is not belong to Gatsby.He only has the light from the other side of the river in the dark of night,that is hope.But this hope,said on Daisy's 'I cannot say that I never love TOM’,was already died.Daisy even did not attend Gatsby's funeral,made the hope relentlessly rolled into pieces.
All that he had,all that he wanted ,after all ,is just a dream piled up with money.the only lucky is that ,until the moment he died,he didn't wake up from the dream.So he could not face the sad and melancholy.He thought the phone call was from Daisy,he was died with because he thought Daisy wanted to escape with him at last.
The life of Gatsby is a sad story,but we must admit that he is really great.He has the courage to pursue everything what he wants.A person can live according to his own wishes,is a very great things.