Extravagant parties, romance and lavish materials from New York's wealthy East Egg in the Roaring '20s bring the excitement to life. In The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald introduces the whimsical, gossip-filled lives of Nick Carraway, Daisy Buchanan, and Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby falls in love with wealthy Daisy Buchanan, before heading off to war as a struggling soldier. He tries all his life to impress her and get rich, but never manages to be worthy enough for her. Fitzgerald reflects Jay Gatsby's relentless pursuit of Daisy's heart with countless underlying meanings through symbols such as books, material possession, and eyes throughout The Great Gatsby. The greater the increase in books one reads, the more intelligence increases. As a child, Jay Gatsby “read an improvement book or magazine a week,” this stimulates his knowledge from a young age and makes him the intelligent and well-rounded man he is today (Fitzgerald 173). The different books featured in The Great Gatsby range from newspapers, to science, to education, to wordless fake books. The greater the education...