Struggles In The Great Gatsby

Fitzgerald was very clever in the sense that he created the sad ending which tends to stamp on reader’s mind more tenaciously than happy ones.
First, the novel expresses a cautious belief in the American Dream. As mentioned above, Gatsby believes lavish life will help him win the love, but ultimately, Daisy has fled with Tom. At the end of the novel, Gatsby dead, along with George and Myrtle, and only the rich alive, the novel has progressed to a charged, emotional critique of the American Dream. Fitzgerald shows hopelessness with the dead of Gatsby and Wilson at the end of the novel to show that the purity of the American Dream is death.
In contrast, if Gatsby ended up with Daisy, the novel would lose its power as a reflection on the American

The actually “successful” people – successful in that at least they survive – (the Buchanans, Nick, and Jordan) are all old money; while those who fail (Gatsby, Myrtle, and George) are the strivers. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald portrayed the American Dream as a brutal reality of people’s life and shows the condition of the society where people were lost because of the influences of the Great War. Corruption, brutality, and another structure of the society was a riddle for them to cope

Lessons learned from The Great Gatsby
It is a Swedish proverb that “In a good book, the best is between the lines.” Undoubtedly, The Great Gatsby is a book that is full of hidden messages, beautiful language, as well as other small features. You can not just read the book once and get everything from it. It is a book that needs to be read many times to see many of the messages and understand fully the quotes that are scattered throughout the novel. The Great Gatsby has a way of telling an enthralling story that captivates readers, while exemplifying important life lessons.
Firstly, Nick’s opening narration is iconic, and maybe one of the best beginnings ever: “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since: Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” We see that Nick is gentle and never underestimate anyone, which makes him the only one to sympathize with Gatsby. Nick 's open-mindedness gives him a deeper perspective on the people around him and protects him from falling subject to the glitzy, superficial materialism of the 1920s. This iconic narration help us to increase our real life capacity for empathy. We can be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and view the world from their