F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby So Great

What Makes Gatsby So Great

Criminals are not normally associated with having a good outlook on life and having a kind heart. However, F. Scott Fitzgerald seems to make all of these opposing traits blend into a mysterious, incredible person that is The Great Gatsby. Despite his unlawful work, Gatsby, from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, had a very scintillating perspective on life and his hard work on accomplishing his dream earns him his title “The Great Gatsby”. Everyone has flaws, “Gatsby is not perfect but is still great in ways. He has broken many laws, both criminal and moral, yet remained true to the tenets of romantic love and loyalty” (Licence). Gatsby, having done many things wrong, like criminal activity, still stayed

”What moves Carraway about Gatsby is the image of generosity, of having given oneself away to a dream” (Bloom). Bloom shows Nick’s admiration for Gatsby and his generosity and determination. Gatsby takes a bullet that ends his life which was meant for Tom, Daisy’s husband. There is poetic justice about this event, as Gatsby committed adultery with Tom's wife and all the platonic ideals of beauty, romance, and freedom cannot save him.”Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And one fine morning-- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (Fitzgerald 180). Gatsby sees the green light as hope. He has the eyes of the Dutch sailors, and her green light is tantamount to the "green breast" of the new continent. The feeling of Dutch sailors, Fitzgerald refers to, is finding new land, promising a great future for them, a dream. Gatsby reaching his arms out as if he is waiting for his dream to come. "Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it" (Burt). Gatsby’s outlook on

When Gatsby tells this to Nick, “Nick scoffs, ‘you can't repeat the past,’ he famously protests, ‘Can't repeat the past? ... Why of course you can! ... I'm going to fix everything just the way it was before’" ( Fitzgerald 110). It is evident that Gatsby puts a lot of his time, work, and effort in attempts to regain the love for Daisy and win her over like in the past. He does not give up easy. He dedicates his time to Daisy and strives to be able to marry her in the future. Nick says, “'He had committed himself to the following of a grail'” ( Fitzgerald 149). Nick sees the commitment that Gatsby has for Daisy. He has one goal- win Daisy back. Gatsby does not consider the bad possibilities because in his mind there are none. “Gatsby tries to looking at life through a single window, with lamentable results” (Parker). Gatsby is so concentrated on his end goal, he will do whatever he can to accomplish it. He dedicates his life to making his dreams become a reality. “That refusal to surrender to reality kills him, yet it also gives him his peculiar greatness. I think his dedication is what makes him wealthy” (Bloom). Gatsby does not want to live in the present where he is stuck in reality, but he would rather live in his own dreams, thus making him great. Gatsby is persistent with his dream. “Gatsby could revel with impunity as a solitary dreamer, but courageously he