The Summer Book

Tempted by the warm sunrays that I desperately needed, I could not be torn away from the moral and social rebeliousness of the  roaring twenties that filled the pages of one of the greatest books I have ever gazed my eyes upon.The Great Gatsby spectacularly emulates the jazz-filled, booze-buzzed culture of the 1920's as well as the betrayal and harsh hiarchy. Eventhough the American dream inspires individualist for the pursiut of happiness, and equality, the prevelance of division between old and new wealth becomes the tradgedy that haunts the aristocrats of the East Egg and the self-made workers of the West Egg. Though there characters seemed so different from eachother, Jimmy Gatz, of St. Louis, Missouri, embodied both social hiarchies, as Mr. Gatsby. Daisy born into the aristocratic society of the East Egg, is surrounded by the hollow, well-to-do. Their carelessness and irreverance towards the people of the West Egg, seems like the "dream" has become a lost cause, however, her kind heart, his life story, and the green light, become the beacon of hope for the future. This book embodies the life, and the loss early industrialized American dream in which all, rich, poor and in between can enjoy.