How Is Knowledge Shown In The Great Gatsby

Having knowledge in the world today is a very great trait to have. To replace this great trait with ignorance would be wrong and would cause stress and would cause one’s self to become a fool. When knowledge is obtained, you will achieve great things and have much advancements. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, is about a man named Nick Carraway who follows Jay Gatsby, a man who has one dream, which is to reunite with the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan. This quest later leads Gatsby from poverty to wealth, when he reunites with Daisy this would eventually lead to his death and making him fail to fulfill his American Dream. Gatsby’s ignorance is what led to his downfall, and if Gatsby had the knowledge of what was occurring during the

This is because in chapter 8, Nick suggests that Gatsby to just forget about Daisy and leave Long Island, but Gatsby refuses to consider leaving Daisy behind until he knew what she was going to do. This chapter shows that knowledge is power because if Gatsby wasn’t so ignorant and was more opened and listened to Nick when he told him to move away and to leave Daisy, he would have never have died at the end of the story. If Gatsby saw things more clearly and had more knowledge of what was going on during that time he would realize that Daisy is just causing him to break apart as a person and would eventually led to his downfall. Gatsby just couldn’t see clearly because of Daisy and he was clutching at some last hope that he would get Daisy back. This chapter shows how ignorant Gatsby truly is and he chose to deny the truth that is best for him and chose to be clueless that would led him to death. (Fitzgerald, pg.

This is because in chapter 7, Tom accuses Gatsby of running a bootlegging operation. When Daisy heard this, she couldn’t believe it and kept denying the truth about Gatsby. This chapter shows that knowledge is power because if Daisy knew about Gatsby running a bootlegging operation much earlier in the story, she wouldn’t even have seen Gatsby again. Gatsby wouldn’t have stressed and falling apart as a person because Daisy wouldn’t have been in his life too. Daisy didn’t realize this earlier in the novel because she was blinded by the wealth and power that Gatsby has through his bootlegging operation. This chapter shows how ignorant Daisy is because she kept denying the truth about Gatsby’s wealth. When the terrible truth about Gatsby caught up to her, it generally felt worse about what she didn’t know about Gatsby and she probably regretted. Daisy stated that being clueless or ignorant will lead to happiness, but her ignorance in the novel is what led to her downfall as a character. (Fitzgerald,