Encyclopedia-+Gatsby



This is an encyclopedia entry on The Great Gatsby, the man, not __The Great Gatsby__, the book. I focused most on his origins and subsequent rise from his humble beginnings, and not on the events that were in the book, since we already know the plot of the story. Also, since this is supposed to be from an encyclopedia, usually the definitive source of knowledge on most things, I would think that the writers did enough research to uncover the hidden part of Gatsby's life. The encyclopedia entry is meant to be the first piece read, serving simply as a summary for the book if anyone has forgotten what they read.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. __The Great Gatsby__. New York: Scribner, 2004. "The Forbes Fictional Fifteen - Forbes.com; Jay Gatsby." __Business News and Financial News at Forbes.com__. 15 Jan. 2009 .