That Day, I Wrote About a Great Book I Scarcely Knew At All F. Scott Fitzgerald?s The Great Gatsby imposes the reflection of a decadent and dissolute society from his time to current times. Today powerful business executives strive to find meaning in their lives of fast cars and fat paychecks. When Fitzgerald opens his work, he timelessly and masterfully elaborates upon theme of change. As any great author, he makes use of complex …showed first 75 words of 586 total…

…showed last 75 words of 586 total…American literature. The Great Gatsby serves as a beacon of light not to guide other lost souls in its time but to warn people even today of their plight. We as humans can and will always change, and as everything in this world must be, we will someday cease to exist. We can only hope to leave great marks of graffiti on the walls of conformity that our children may someday be proud to uncover.