The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story of deceit and greed. Love and Hope. Jealousy and madness. The mood of the book is portrayed through the weather. When the characters are happy it's sunny. When they are sad it is raining. This link between mood and weather is a constant as the story of The Great Gatsby unfolds.

Today people associate happiness with sunshine. That's why people sing so many songs about "sunny days." The sun and its light is a beacon of hope. It guides us through our journey called life. In the book, we see that when the characters are happy the sun is shining brightly. In the beginning of the book for example, when Nick travels to Tom and Daisy's house the weather is nice and sunny. AS he enters the house he sees Jordan and describes her ."..She was extended to...