The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Is a classic novel set in the Jazz Age in New York, that shows how Americans live depending on their class. The main characters of the novel are Nick Carraway who is the protagonist and narrator of the story, then we have Tom and Daisy Buchanan, Jay Gatsby is who the story is about, and at last, we have Jordan Baker who is a side character and Daisy's closest friend.
F. Scott Fitzgerald includes perceptions, illusions, and dreams in his novel The
Great Gatsby in order to drive the plot forward, to show that the American Dream itself is an Illusion, and to highlight humanity's desire for money.
Fitzgerald's use of perception serves the purpose of driving the plot forward. Through the use of Gatsby's false perception of Daisy, the woman that only truly loves him drives the plot forward because he tries to win her over but it ends up in disaster and death. When Gatsby tells Tom “Your wife doesn't love you.” “She never loved you. She loves me.” (Fitzgerald, 1925, pp.130). This evidence proves that Gatsby falsely thought Daisy only loves him, (although this is not true because later Daisy confesses she also loved Tom). Fitzgerald’s use of perception drives the plot forward.
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Gatsby's pursuit of wealth and love becomes so intense that he ends up losing everything. When Nick says “[Gatsby] 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.” (Fitzgerald, 1925, pp.180). This evidence is relevant because [Gatsby] failed to achieve the “American