I, and high school students all over the United States, have read this book from 1925 because, it is simply a classic. A classic is defined by Webster as a literary or artistic work of the highest excellence, or a masterpiece. The Great Gatsby is regarded as a masterpiece, though it wasn’t when it first came out. Critics and the public strayed away from this novel because, they didn’t think it was good a …showed first 75 words of 319 total…

…showed last 75 words of 319 total…For example he takes the blame of Myrtle’s death. Gatsby can’t accept the fact that the past is done with. Nick tries to explain to him that one can’t relive the past but Gatsby responds by saying, “You can old Sport.” His American Dream, Daisy, was never fulfilled and he sacrificed his life for it. To me, seeing Gatsby’s American Dream not being fulfilled is why this novel is a classic.