Significance Of Facade In The Great Gatsby

Fraudulent Personalities If a person has a facade for so long, for so many different people, do they turn into their facade? The novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, takes place during the early 1920s and is narrated by the young bond salesman, Nick Carraway. The story follows Nick’s life on Long Island and his adventures with the mysterious millionaire, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby presents himself as a man who holds himself to a high standard and has an obsession with his old girlfriend, Daisy Buchanan. However, readers learn the truths and conspiracies about Gatsby throughout the story during his pursuit of getting with Daisy. Throughout the novel, Jay Gatsby portrays himself as someone he is not when it concerns his creation of wealth,

Furthermore, while Nick reflects on Gatsby’s past, he says Gatsby, “was a son of God- a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that- and he must be about his Father’s business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception, he was faithful to the end,” (62). The quote implies the reason for Gatsby’s falsified persona of success is that he is insecure about where he comes from. It is also because money alone does not bring the same status that inherited wealth does. The novel only hints at Gatsby’s creation of wealth, but it never gives the truth, which leaves the reader questioning how he did it. In the affluent areas of West Egg and East Egg on Long Island, Gatsby lives in the ‘new money’, West Egg, where he tries to act like he has a greater social status than he does. He acts this way because he believes that status is the key to winning friends and bringing back his lost love, Daisy. While driving with Gatsby, he lies to Nick about his background. Gatsby says, “I’ll tell you God’s