The Great Gatsby
Perspective, it’s all about perspective, one cannot say another is wrong without having looked at something from their point of view. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a story about a man named Jay Gatsby, who in an attempt to win the love of Daisy Buchanan acquired immense wealth. Being told from the perspective of Nick Carraway, Gatsby’s neighbor and Daisy’s cousin, the series of events that unfold within the novel are accompanied by Nick’s commentary. Although this may result in a tunneled view of the characters in the novel, it is ultimately up to the reader to develop an opinion about each specific character. The overarching question revolves around the analysis of Gatsby, specifically weather he truly is great, as is implied by the title of the novel. Gatsby may not have acquired his wealth through honest means, but he truly was the embodiment of the American Dream, he was hopeful, loyal, and even with his vastly acquired wealth he stayed grounded, Gatsby exhibited greatness.
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Although, unlike the majority of the characters in the novel, including Nick, Tom, and Daisy, Gatsby was not born rich, he envisioned a prosperous future for himself and dedicated his life towards achieving it. As said by Nick, “he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end” (98). He wasn’t born into wealth, whatever Gatsby had, he acquired himself. He represented achieving the American Dream, the concept of building oneself from nothing, and reaching a point of happiness, whether that exist in money, a person, or a job. Gatsby embodied the definition of greatness, which can be defined as intense and grand, his parties, his house, the facade of his lifestyle, and him in general represented this flamboyant being, that was always talked