The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

     Gatsby’s expresses his character through his lies and rumors that were started. It also showed that he wanted the one

Even reporters want to know more about this famous persona that throws parties endlessly. When Tom discovers who Gatsby is and then unmasks him in front of everyone, Gatsby “began to talk excitedly [...] denying everything, defending his name against accusations that had not been made” (135). His insecurities are constantly rising because he depends on what others think of him. He lacks identity as he thinks more about what he wants to be than what he is.

Gatsby creates an identity for himself as a wealthy man, who lives a glamorous life by throwing huge parties, and is known by the most prestigious figures in New York. What the partygoers don’t realize is that the parties and his wealth is all in the hopes of rekindling with his love from the past, Daisy. In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of a young man named Jay Gatsby, who came from nothing, and built up to be everything that he had hoped and dreamed of being. However, his one dream did not become a reality due to misfortunate events. All the money in the world couldn’t make Gatsby happy, as he died as his true self, not the identity he created for himself.

Parents always warn their children to steer clear from shady and unreliable characters. Real life situations are the target of this notion, but such a claim also stands true for literature. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Nick, the narrator, is a shady character who disclosed no personal information about himself and expected the viewer’s trust in return. As a result, Scott Donaldson, in his article “The Trouble with Nick” deliberates his opinion over what a terrible person Nick is, however later determines that regardless of how shady Nick may be, he is still the only one fit to narrate The Great Gatsby. Some of Scott Donaldson’s views of Nick as an unreliable narrator may stand true; however, it is definitely agreeable that Nick Carraway is the only acceptable narrator for The Great Gatsby.

[OPENING STATEMENT] The Great Gatsby does not clearly yield to either poem or prose causing it to be considered as a lyrical novel rather than the more common narrative. Poetic devices and techniques used by author F. Scott Fitzgerald are more commonly seen with poetry. Yet it is these techniques that give meaning to his work of fiction; how Fitzgerald states his ideas becomes more important than the ideas themselves. Poetic devices he uses are called litotes, which express a positive statement by using its opposite negatives. To say “the ice cream was not bad” would be an intentional understatement, when instead one could say the ice cream was “good.” Litotes are used for irony, which is “using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.”1 Also commonly found throughout the novel, litotes are used for emphatic effect to benefit setting, plot, and character development.

The Roaring Twenties era was a time of not only of crime, changing action and roles of women, but also of many other different social and cultural trends. The 1920s was the Progressive era that was a response to the Gilded Age. The Progressive era was filled with many reformers that aimed to reform the social issues like the women’s movement who had started a temperance movement to prohibit people from drinking. The 1920s was also a time of a social gap where the wealthy got more rich and the poor increased and stayed beyond the poverty line. In the Great Gatsby, the Valley of Ashes, automobiles, crime, and homes symbolize the social classes, and other cultural and social trends of the 1920s.

We can’t choice our life. Gatsby likes the most ordinary person. He can't escape poverty and destiny. Liking the green is out of reach and so cold. This is doomed to a tragic end. He like Daisy, but Daisy is a distant dream. At that time, the poor don’t have right to choice they want. When he falls in love with a rich girl, tragedy is start. However, he has proven himself to the fate of the revolt, the loyalty of love. Always maintain the beginning of the heart, in the extremely corrupt, erosive environment, he adhere to self. Gatsby is great. Many points can prove this.

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby provides the reader with a unique outlook on the life of the newly rich. Gatsby is an enigma and a subject of great curiosity, furthermore, he is content with a lot in life until he strives too hard. His obsession with wealth, his lonely life and his delusion allow the reader to sympathize with him.

In Passage 2, Gatsby is overwhelmed by Daisy and is “excited” by the idea that Daisy is perfect and sought after by many men (149). Although her many past relationships made Daisy seem unattainable in Gatsby’s eyes, the differences between the social class of Gatsby and Daisy led to Gatsby’s misjudgement in morality. Even though Gatsby acknowledges the fact that he does not have the “right” to love Daisy due to his social class, Gatsby puts up a façade to attain Daisy’s love and thus hides his past (149). For instance, Gatsby’s judgement on morals is skewed when he is described as “[ravenous]’ and “[scrupulous],” demonstrating that Gatsby is greedily taking Daisy and “giving her a sense of security” when he could not sustain such reassurance (147). In general, Daisy’s “value” controls Gatsby’s morality as he is forced to change in order to win Daisy’s love (149).

The Great Gatsby takes place during prohibition, and Jay Gatsby profits from selling and distributing alcohol and trading in stolen securities. This is where the topic of moral standing comes into play. Moral standing is a person’s standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do. According to the moral standing of Jay Gatsby believes that it is acceptable to participate in illegal activities if it is a means to an end. Depending on the whether the reader possesses a similar moral standing, the reader begins to either agree or disagree with Jay Gatsby’s decisions to achieve his

Gatsby, who is generally an unhappy person, this situation, and a feeling of emptiness in life, drowns himself in worthless people, doing worthless things. This relates to the idea of the American dream, everyone wants to achieve this in a sense “social/wealth greatness” and when they achieve this, they expect to live an amazing life and get whatever they want, whenever they want it. Gatsby 's whole life is taken over by one hopeless ideal, and he doesn’t even notice or acknowledge it until it 's too late. Gatsby has many great ideals within his heart, yet cannot use them to his advantage bease the only thing on his mind is to achieve a hopeless impossible goal. While he is the ideal gentleman, and he has in a way achieved idealism, his wealth and fortune is gained through illegal activities, and on top of that,  he is still in love with another man’s wife. Gatsby has ideals, and then he has reality, and he cannot seem to understand that they both don’t go hand in hand.

Buzz Aldrin once said, “I think the American Dream used to be achieving one 's goals in your field of choice - and from that, all other things would follow. Now, I think the dream has morphed into the pursuit of money: Accumulate enough of it, and the rest will follow.” The American Dream is a way for people to start over and have opportunities to become successful and achieve their dreams. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald writes a story of enormous wealth, from old money in East Egg, to new money in West Egg. Gatsby Lives in West Egg, while Tom and Daisy live in East Egg. Fitzgerald writes about three characters in which have trouble finding true happiness with themselves and others without flashing their money

An example of the corruption within the Great Gatsby is when Nick (narrator of the story) tells us “Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction—Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn”. Nick is telling us that even once he had left East Egg and the troubles of the West Eggers, the one person whom was exempt from his disgust of being corrupted by their social class was Gatsby. This shows the reader that there is more to Gatsby than that which meets the eye and that even though he had all of the money in the world, the one thing that could possibly corrupt him was Daisy, by their love which is ironic as love stands to be the most ironic answer to someone’s downfall. However if we look at that of Enduring Love where it says "A little later we were back in our seats, leaning over the table like dedicated craftsmen at work” the reader gets the feeling that to a certain extent Joe and Clarrissa, are not corrupted due to the fact that when comparing ideas and thoughts they believe themselves to be that of middle class workers showing that they are very similar to that of what Gatsby started off to be, a very humble beginnings and

In the book, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby is exemplified through many symbols and idols. Fitzgerald uses cars to represent wealth, success, status, and glamour. As Friedrich Nietzsche states, “There are more idols in the world than there are realities.” Nietzsche’s quote shows how idols and symbols are used to create impressions. Images are powerful and set a stage for others to judge one’s character, enabling human beings to avoid seeing what realities are. Idols are potent enough to mask the truth. In the novel, despite Gatsby 's own insecurities, he is viewed as an idol in society. Idols impact and influence Gatsby’s life and those living around him. Gatsby’s car represents an idol, illustrating his wealth, capturing attention, creating impressions, and covering misconceptions throughout life in the West Egg.

The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, provides a dark and pessimistic outlook into the American life style in 1922. Jay Gatsby, an American wealthy social identity, appears to have it all. But wealth, stature and an extravagant lifestyle seems not to be enough for Gatsby; he still yearns for his old idealistic love Daisy. In an ideal world this has the making of a great love story with a happy ending, but Fitzgerald chose to carry the story as a reflection of the American era the book is set in. An era consumed by appearances and excess and overall pursuit of the American dream.