THE GREAT GATSBY

F. Scott Fitzgerald

THE GREAT GATSBY

*The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published on April 10, 1925, it is set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City during the summer of 1922 and is a critique of the American Dream.

*Movie

Director:

Jack Clayton

Release Date:

29 March 1974 (USA)

About the authorF. Scott Fitzgerald was born into an upper-middle class family on 24 September 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He died on December 24,1921.

MAIN CHARACTERS. Nick Carraway (Narrator)—a 29-year-old, bond

salesman from Minnesota, a Yale graduate, a World War I veteran, and a resident of Long Island. Neighbor of Gatsby and Daisy's cousin. The story is narrated by him.

Jay Gatsby. A young, mysterious millionaire. he had an obsessive love for Daisy Fay Buchanan, whom he had met when he was a young officer in World War I.

Daisy Buchanan

Tom Buchanan

Jordan Baker

Nick carraway visited hiscousin Daisy Buchanan

Nick met Jay Gatsby

Nick saw a lot of parties in Gatsby`s house

Nick become Gastby´s friend

Gatsby and Daisy spent a lot of time together

M.r Wilson killed Gatsby