b) “The Great Gatsby”

“The Great Gatsby,” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel set during the Jazz Age in the United States. Published in 1925, the novel explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, and excess, making it a definitive portrait of the Roaring Twenties. The story, told from the perspective of narrator Nick Carraway, follows the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsession with the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Fitzgerald’s novel is renowned for its exploration of the American Dream and its critique of the American upper class, making it one of the most celebrated works in American literature.