Great Gatsby Essay

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby is a work of literature that is known by students to be alluring. The Great Gatsby romanticizes the American Dream throughout the entire novel, especially when it comes to the main character, Jay Gatsby. The novel's mystique also derives from the building of the myth of Jay Gatsby. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the American Dream to appeal to readers’ attention. For instance, Article 1, “Five reasons 'Gatsby' is the great American novel”, states “.someone like Jay Gatsby, a "Mr. Nobody from Nowhere" who rises from obscure poverty to immense wealth. ‘It's the Great American Dream,’ says Jeff Nilsson, historian for the bimonthly ‘The Saturday Evening Post’”(Article 1). This highlights

Readers, who are also aware of the American Dream, find Gatsby's constant pursuit of wealth, success, and love compelling. There is a sense of excitement and fascination that draws attention to the story of Gatsby's extravagant parties and wealth-rich lifestyle. However, as the story goes on, the novel exposes the truth and corruption beneath Gatsby's facade, leading readers to question whether or not the American Dream truly exists. Equally important, The Great Gatsby, includes a mystique correlating to the myth of Jay Gatsby. In the novel, author Fitzgerald not only describes the persona of Jay Gatsby but builds up his character as a myth due to his mysterious and questionable actions. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald states, “Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock.When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.” Narrator Nick Carraway seeks out and sees Gatsby reaching out his hand towards something; he sees Gatsby reaching towards the green light far away on the end of a