Title: The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Date of Publication: 1925 Cultural Context: The book takes place during the 1920's, the decade in American history as the "roaring twenties." This book epitomizes many of the characteristics of the time period, after the eighteenth amendment, the sale of alcohol became prohibited, but this movement, known as the temperance movement, did not achieve the goals they had wished to solve, instead, they worsened the situation. The crime …showed first 75 words of 3187 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3187 total…and once he kissed her dark shining hair." Gatsby is deeply in love with Daisy, and this is the pre-war relation ship that he so desperately wants back throughout the story. This is what drives him to seek her out so strongly, to amass a huge fortune just for her sake, and why he ultimately dies for her. He never once gives up hope that she loves him, and that is what keeps him going.