Gatsby’s Devotion The story The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, takes place in the roaring twenties, an era of good times where parties, music and happiness flourished all over the nation. It is the story of a man named Jay Gatsby who is on what he sees as a mission to retrieve his former love Daisy. Gatsby is a poor man who feels that he can win her back, if he achieves …showed first 75 words of 889 total…

…showed last 75 words of 889 total…everything to better his social standing. When he changes his name, he takes the first step towards reinventing himself into a person he saw in his dreams. He is corrupt before he meets Daisy, and he becomes more sinister in his quest to get her back. Daisy seems so unobtainable to him and that makes him want her more and more. Everyone pays a price for what they have done. Gatsby’s price is Death.