Great+Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald
 * The Great Gatsby **

Basic Information about the Author:


 * September 24, 1896-December 21, 1940
 * Saint Paul, Minnesota
 * Wrote five novels and many short stories
 * Wrote most of his works during the “jazz age” (1920s)
 * Most well known for The Great Gatsby



Brief summary of the novel:


 * Nick Carraway, narrator of the novel, comes back from WWI and decides to move.
 * From then on, he explains the lives of his neighbors and their mistresses.
 * This includes his wealthy neighbor, who often acts suspiciously
 * It also focuses on Gatsby chasing the American Dream

Location in //the Catcher in the Rye//:


 * Holden is walking to the Wicker Bar while he remembers the books he had read with D.B.
 * page 141

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Why was it included?


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Holden is a self-proclaimed pacifist. When he says that he was not fond of the book, this might be due to its advertising of the war. No, it's A Farewell to Arms he doesn't like.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">He is adamantly against this and describes himself as "yellow".