The Great Gatsby – For the Love of Money by F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), is about many things to do with American life in the "Roaring Twenties", things like alcohol abuse and the pursuit of other pleasures, including that elusive entity, the “American Dream.” Primarily it is the story of Jay Gatsby, told by Gatsby's friend and neighbor, Nick Carraway, a bond salesman in New York. Three other important characters are Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, and Myrtle Wilson. Nick is distantly related to Daisy, whose wealthy husband, Tom, went to college with Nick. Myrtle is married to a mechanic but is sleeping with Tom. Fitzgerald's novel seems to affirm the biblical adage that the love of money is the root of all evil, as his characters place an excessive value on money. And this attitude is a central moral concern of the novel. Fitzgerald's characters mistakenly believe that money can buy them love, friends, and happiness. Gatsby tries to buy Daisy's love throughout the book. In the first part of the book Gatsby throws a series of big parties, hoping that Daisy will come to one of them so he can chase her. Unsuccessfully, he manipulates Nick into arranging a meeting between him and Daisy. Nick invites Tom, Daisy and Gatsby to tea. Gatsby later invites them to take a ride with him. Next, Gatsby tries to drive a wedge between Daisy and Tom, but although she claims to love him, her love is as superficial as the image Gatsby has created with his money. Money itself is neither moral nor immoral, but Gatsby's use of money involves moral questions about the sanctity of marriage that go far beyond the simple fact that he is rich and uses his money to get what he wants. Gatsby also tries to win without success. friends through his parties. Gatsby is alone and tries to fill his loneliness with his parties. In fact, he tries to buy friends with his lavish entertainments. And, although his parties are successful in terms of the number of guests (invited and uninvited) and apparent enjoyment, Gatsby makes no significant friends through these entertainments. Instead, people speculate about how Gatsby got his money and whether or not he is a murderer. In fact, he got his money illegally, through smuggling and other unethical ways.