Jordan is named after a car during the Roaring Twenties. Her seductive appeal ends where we find out how shallow and gossipy she is. Perhaps pieces of Zelda are described through the women of this book, as it's said that Fitzgerald had a love/hate relationship with her. Maybe this is how he saw her, and the novel is dedicated to Zelda, who apparently also thought up the title.
Rather than dissect the entire novel, perhaps readers should simply appreciate Fitzgerald's imagery and keep his themes in mind. A Catholic will, of course, want a moral lesson, and this novel will detail the moral decay of high society. The plot and characterization keeps this novel among the top three of American fiction today.
Sadly, reality tends to kill the romantic dream. As a somber endnote, Fitzgerald turned to alcoholism and died in 1940 of a heart attack. He was rediscovered in the 1950s.
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