Different Perspectives In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, is a classic piece of twentieth-century literature written by one of that century's most important American writers. Nick Carraway, one of the protagonists, narrates the tale of his encounters and experiences living on the East side of the United States. Reading The Great Gatsby made me realize that seeing things from a different perspective is important to identify who one can trust. Readers were shown how characters’ outlooks could change who they can rely on because of gossip, situations, and relationships. Multiple scenes showcase how different perspectives alter the characters’ relationships with one another. To begin with, George Wilson, one of the characters in the novel, experienced turbulent

It was the man in the car. She ran out to speak to him and he wouldn’t stop,” (159). This quote demonstrates how Mr. Wilson was fully aware of his easily trusting nature, which was illustrated multiple times throughout the story, such as in the way he never once suspected his wife of having a romantic rendezvous despite it being glaringly obvious. However, as a result of Myrtle’s death, he no longer saw everybody with the same trusting smile and instead put clues together which in turn, brought him to the conclusion that the person who killed Mrs. Wilson must’ve been her secret lover. Ultimately, the death of Myrtle challenged who George Wilson believed he could be sure of to not be involved in the hit-and-run. Moreover, to an outsider, Gatsby was seen as a man who constantly threw extravagant parties with a large number of attendees, though in reality, he had few confidantes and even fewer true friends. Nick Carraway describes, “I was sure he’d start when he saw the newspapers, just as I was sure there’d be a wire from Daisy before noon- but neither a wire nor Mr. Wolfsheim arrived; no one arrived except more police and photographers and newspaper men,”