The Great Gatsby
(F. Scott Fitzgerald)
As the narrator puts it, close to the end, this is a "story of the West", although its decisive moments unfold in the East, in or around New York. Little by little, Nick Carraway, our narrator, brings to light a love affair between his cousin Daisy, a woman whose voice was "full of money", and Jay Gatsby, a so-called "Oxford man". A love affair that will put the reader face to face with what is and what could have been...
Due to war, Gatsby is sent to Europe and, when he returns, Daisy is already married to Tom Buchanan. About five years after the wedding, ata time when Gatsby had made himself wealthy through what seemed to be shady businesses, he tries to reengage a relationship with Daisy, who, by this time, is disillusioned about her marriage. In fact, Tom has a mistress, Myrtle Wilson, a woman herself married.
The peak of the novel is reached on a hot afternoon, when Tom, Gatsby and Daisy confront each other about their actions and their feelings, ending the nasty argument with Gatsby and Daisy leaving together. As Daisy drives making her way home, she hits and runs over Myrtle by accident, who instantly dies. Myrtle's husband, devastated by his wife's death, confronts Tom about who might have been driving the hit and run car and he gives away Gatsby's name. Gatsby is killed the day after the accident, the same day Tom and Daisy leave town.
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