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The Great Gatsby is amazing. It is easily a top contender for the great American novel and speaks to our generation as readily as it did to Fitzgerald's lost generation of the 20s. Gatsby is an incredible character whose dreams are as conflicted as his ambition in a world that encourages big dreams and delivers disappointment. Nick narrates as both an outside observer to the wealthy decadence of his neighbors but also one who relishes the same life. Tom Buchanan is a lifeless automation depicting the worst of the American Dream while beautiful Daisy struggles to find her place and sacrifices her dreams to an empty fantasy. F. Scott Fitzgerald captured the essence of the 1920s with both longing and cynicism but it is astounding how much of his novel still resonates into the 21st century.