Death of a Dream: The Story of Gatsby Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896--1940) is widely considered one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. His The Great Gatsby (1925) has become one of the most read American novels of the twentieth century (James Nagel, 2013). It is also called “the great American novel” (Deirdre Donahue, 2013). The story is set in the roaring era of America and the main hero is Jay Gatsby. The narrator of the story is Nick, and he is also Daisy's cousin. Gatsby loved Daisy when he was still in the army. With Nick's help the two lovers meet again and the story begins. Gatsby does everything he can to get Daisy back. He threw parties in the big house. He lost his life and all his riches in the hands of a woman who doesn't love him at all. As for the narrator Nick, after coming to the East to learn the bond business in the summer of 1922, he witnesses a story of longing and loss, of dreams and disillusionment (Deirdre Donahue, 2013). At first he is confident about his life. When he first meets his billionaire neighbor Gatsby he is still naive. But after witnessing the affair between his married cousin Daisy and Gatsby and Gatsby's death, he begins to hate the city and is anxious to return home. He looks at people differently especially after Gatsby's death. The love between him and Jordan is also fragile and the lies made by Jordan allow him to trust people less. According to Fitzgerald, love in this novel is for fools. Because in that era, people pursued wealth and social status more than spiritual affairs. Myrtle recognizes that she was foolish to marry George because he was pretending to be someone he wasn't. She is in a relationship with Tom and mistakenly believes that he will protect and provide for her (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 2014). His death was completely due to his innocence. Gatsby's love for Daisy is not reciprocated and becomes unworthy,