Great Gatsby Argument Essay
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is focused on love and the upbringing of Jay Gataby himself. It involves the hardships and everything he went through to get to where he is today. It tells the story of Gatsby, how he became a self-made millionaire, and his strive to win the love of Daisy Buchanan. The main focus of the story is trying to figure out if The Great Gatsby is really “Great”. Being a great person is defined as an important or distinguished person. I believe Jay Gatsby was in fact great himself. I believe this because of his personality, his dreams he strives to achieve, and his upbringing and how he made himself wealthy and known. One of the reasons I believe he is great is because of his personality. In the book Nick states, “He had one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced or seemed to face, the whole external world for an instant and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice” (Fitzgerald 48). This quote connects with the claim because in every way Nick describes Gatsby he makes it seem that he is one of a kind and an incredibly genuine person. People may argue his genuine personality is all for show just so he can acquire what he wants which in
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I believe this is another reason he is great. In this case his dream he is trying to achieve is getting Daisy. In the book Gatsby states, “I’m only 32… I might still be a great man if I could only forget that I once lost Daisy” (Fitzgerald 89). This quote connects to the claim because he is talking about how when he lost Daisy he still blames himself for it. That being so he throws all these extravagant parties in hopes to grab her attention and get her back. I understand the argument that his dreams with Daisy will ultimately ruin a marriage, but Tom and Daisys marriage was ruined a long time ago when Tom decided to