The Great Gatsby: A Great American Love Story F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby can be characterized as being one of the great American love stories of the 20th century. Love is clearly a theme throughout the novel. Whether it be between Nick and Jordan, George and Myrtle, Myrtle and Tom, Tom and Daisy, or Daisy and Gatsby, love is a constant element of the story. Although all of the love affairs present in this …showed first 75 words of 861 total…

…showed last 75 words of 861 total…was a feeling in the country of romance and excitement. If this story had been set in a different time, most of the issues about love dealt with in this story would most likely not be present. Yet The Great Gatsby could be a story about anytime, where some loves are successful, and others fail miserably. It is these universal themes of the book which make it the great American love story that it is.