The Great Gatsby – For the Love of MoneyF. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), deals with many topics related to American life in the Roaring Twenties, such as alcohol abuse and the pursuit of other pleasures, including this entity elusive, the “American dream”. It is primarily 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 a distant relative of Daisy, whose wealthy husband, Tom, went to college with Nick. Myrtle is married to a mechanic but sleeps with Tom. Fitzgerald's novel seems to confirm the biblical adage that the love of money is the root of all evil, because his characters place an inordinate 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 number of big parties, hoping that Daisy will come to one of them so that he can pursue her. Without success, he manipulates Nick into arranging a meeting between him and Daisy. Nick invites Tom, Daisy and Gatsby to tea. Afterwards, Gatsby invites them to take a ride with him. Afterward, Gatsby attempts to drive a wedge between Daisy and Tom, but even though she claims to love him, her love is as superficial as the image Gatsby created with his money. Money itself is neither moral nor immoral, but Gatsby's use of it involves moral questions about the sanctity of marriage that go far beyond just being rich and he uses his money to get what he wants. Gatsby also unsuccessfully tries to win. friends through his evenings. Gatsby is alone and he tries to fill his loneliness with his parties. Indeed, he tries to make friends through his sumptuous receptions. And, although his parties are successful in terms of the number of guests (invited and uninvited) and the apparent enjoyment of the parties, Gatsby does not make any important friends through these entertainments. Instead, people speculate about how Gatsby got his money and whether or not he is a killer. Indeed, he obtained his money illegally, through smuggling and other immoral means..