American Literature 7th Mr Reed 8/3/2024 Steve Rho The End of An Illusion The “Great Gatsby” is a novel by Scott Fitzgerald that follows the life of Nick Carraway, and his life after moving to West Egg in New York. Nick meets multiple individuals such as Daisy, Tom, and most importantly, Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby, described in the book as the Great Gatsby, is a self-made millionaire who lives in West Egg and quickly approaches Nick for his connections with Daisy. This leads to a meeting between Gatsby and Daisy, where they ignite their lost love from before the war and attempt to be together again. However, Daisy’s choice to stay with Tom engenders Gatsby’s descent into a state of despair, and ends with Gatsby being murdered by Myrtle’s husband …show more content…
She's never loved you. She loves me.” Another way that shows the ending is one of realization is when Nick realizes that the world of the upper class is darker and more morally ambiguous than he previously thought. Nick first came to New York, and West Egg to pursue his bond business, his commitment making him “[buy] a dozen volumes on banking and credit and investment securities.” Being born into the upper class, Nick was relatively raised in a humbler beginning as his father always “snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth.” His father continuously mentioned that although Nick was a member of the upper class, it was not only because of his talent that he became an This was unlike another upperclassman like Jordan Baker, who claimed that she “likes large parties” because “they’re so intimate” and that “At small parties there isn’t any privacy”. Jordan’s declaration highlighted the arrogance that the upper class had regarding superficial social interactions and classes, viewing themselves as above the need for an authentic relationship. However, Nick never shied away from the people of East and West Egg because he still believed that they were morally proper and