the great Gatsby is a novel that discuss the reality of success , embodied in the American dream. thus , Fitzgerald , the write of this novel , embodied this ultimate American belief in the character of Jay Gatsby , a wealthy young man, who had to inquire some traits , that his friend Nick Carraway who portrayed himself as a conservative , and yet from the cast , had named him the great Gatsby . why Nick went to title his own book under the name of unknown , suspicious for illegal business and criminality , is because he found in Gatsby what the American should be following , a Franklin model that , not only fulfill the Franklin guidance , but who went beyond that , by recreating himself . The character of Gatsby is likeable under the interpretation