Is The Great Gatsby Really Great

Imagine having a mansion and having big fancy parties, but having no friends. This is Jay Gatsby's life. He's life may seem great, but is it really? Is he really great at all? Gatsby is not great. He has a fake life almost. The only reason he lives where he lives is for a woman that lives across the bay. He has a fake life because he throws party's that he doesn't even enjoy. Yes his greatness evolves over time. At the beginning he is great and kind, but by the end of the novel he becomes petty and that lowers his greatness. In the novel Gatsby has perceived greatness. He pretends to be great but he actually isn't. Actual greatness is when they are genuinely great. Even though Gatsby doesn't have actual greatness he does a very good job
of perceiving that he has greatness. Fitzgerald does a wonderful job of writing the novel and portraying all of the characters. This was a good novel and I didn't think I would like it but I did.