According to the bohemian love story Moulin Rouge, which hit the theatres last year, "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." This phrase is repeated multiple times throughout the film, and audiences leave remembering it. Why? What causes it to have this effect upon American society? This is because, as Americans, many of us are hopeless romantics who yearn for a great love story, and this film is an example of such a story. Many argue that in this way, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is an example of this "great American love story", but it is not. The Great Gatsby is not a tale about perfect love; it is a tale of love and lust corrupting individuals in their lives, and of an American dream that is never fulfilled. Throughout the story, we follow multiple relationships, but focus...