The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is the story of the clashing of different classes in New York during the 1920s. It is the story of Jay Gatsby, a newly wealthy man who dedicates his life to finding and recapturing the love of his ‘old flame’, Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is married to Tom, a cruel and brutish man who looks down upon those who are not rich from the decent of ‘old money’. Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan were former lovers. The two had planned on marrying one another, but instead, Daisy married Tom Buchanan. Through a span of five years, love for Daisy consumes Gatsby. He follows her to New York, builds a house across the water from her, and throws large parties in attempt to impress her from afar. Despite Gatsby’s valiant attempts to win Daisy’s heart back, his life ends abruptly in heartache and disappointment.