the Great Gatsby , follows jay Gatsby , a man who orders his life around one desire: to be reunited with Daisy Buchannan, the love he lost five years earlier. Gatsby's quest leads him from poverty to wealth , into the arms of his beloved , and eventually to death. published in 1925, the Great Gatsby is classic piece of American fiction . it is a novel of triumph and tragedy , noted for the remarkable way Fitzgerald captured a cross-section of American societyAll Rights Reserved