F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby appeared in print in the year 1925. It is a story about the demise of the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby, as seen through the eyes of his neighbor, Nick Carraway, and it takes place in the opulent Long Island of the Roaring Twenties. Thus, to this day, scholars, critics, and common readers regard The Great Gatsby as a masterpiece of 20th Century Literature. Each reader will find reasons to celebrate the centennial success of Gatsby. Many will enjoy the exquisite use of language; some, the timeless universal themes of romance, eroticism, the wild basic need for fusion, the desire for union and the eternal chase of sperm and ovum. Others, no doubt, will find pleasure in the desire to redo the past, and its dreams, while a few will simply observe the annoying and envied super-rich.