The great gatsby?
The novel 'The great Gatsby' is written around the 1920's when the American dream was every mans dream. Gatsby is a quintessential example of the American dream, a self-made businessman and entrepreneur. His wealth made evident through his elaborate parties at his mansion in West egg, near New York. The question is, is it his success as a businessman and adventurer what makes him great, or does it lie a lot deeper than that? Throughout the story Gatsby has his affections set on a girl who has been his one true love, called Daisy. Despite Gatsbys many attempts to gain her affections, she always seems to have her affections directed elsewhere. The problem was Gatsby was always putting up a front to impress daisy with fast cars, planes and boats. Which were the very thing that Gatsby had earned his reputation for, that and his parties. The problem with Gatsby's strategy prior to the arrival of Nick was Daisy never attended any of Gatsbys many parties, which could have been for many reasons but also because she lived in the more fashionable East egg, directly opposite west but over an expanse of water. The docks at the backs of the houses in each district had lights on the ends of them, Daisy's light
They have power and money but when it comes to human emotions they come up a little short. was green and it says at the very end of the book: "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us". Does this make Gatsby Nieve?"Gatsby is a romantic attempting to maintain idality in an era totally inimical to such a venture. I think that part of his failing with daisy was his apparent obsession with her. Once you get to know the character you realise that he is a victim of his own affections and would rather be dead than live without Daisy. All he would do is wait in the hope that one day Daisy would decide to come along. All he wants is to be with Daisy and holds the hope of making his love for her and her love for him timeless. I also believe that Nick was being a coward in the story, because of his inability to tell Gatsby the truth about his dreams of being with Daisy. But deep down I believe he is great in more ways than one. The question is, does this make Gatsby a coward? In some respects yes, but I'm sure he kept his distance for Daisy's sake more than his own. This event was spurred on mostly by Tom getting Gatsby annoyed, and although admittedly, Gatsby plays on this and Tom's apparent anger perhaps as a ploy to get him to say something he might regret. This became more evident as the time line of the book progressed, with the parties, where Gatsby would just sit in a corner all night or upstairs in his mansion. From this point onwards Nick automatically becomes the go between in the relationship. The thought that perhaps we realise that Gatsby has fulfilled his dreams of success and now his goals have shifted to a more persona note.
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