Literary Analysis On The Great Gatsby

Taking place in the summer of 1922, The Great Gatsby conveys the tale of love, lust, and greed and how the American society has adapted and morphed into something unrecognizable. Within the novel, the reader experiences a sense of pity and injustice for the iconic character Jay Gatsby and how inevitably, wealth overwhelms morality. As Nick Carraway narrates the story through his own perception, he constantly expresses discomfort and finally disgust at how New York and its occupants guide their lives. Fitzgerald alters and embeds a deeper message within the common love triangle story. The plot underlines the reality of the disintegration of the original American and how it has transformed from goals that withheld meaning into a pursuit of the
Social gatherings are a popular activity to gain new acquaintances, gloat about your wealth, and to acquire something or someone that you desire. Such was Jay Gatsby’s goal, the true intentions for his extravagant bonanzas. Gatsby, alike the many before and after him, consistently devotes a surplus of resources to win the heart of a woman. From the literary analysis team at Swiss Education, the celebrations “symbolize how desperately he wanted to be reinstated with Daisy Buchanan, and the willingness to go through unnecessary glamor to impress her” (SwissEduc). However, this symbol is also related to the overall theme of The Great Gatsby. The tycoon’s borderline obsession to Mrs. Buchanan represents the concept of pursuing a hallowed dream, for although Daisy was revered and perfection in the eyes of Jay Gatsby; she did not attain those qualities in reality. Daisy Buchanan was an unworthy desire, and Gatsby paid for his broken dream with the ultimate price - his
On the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Buchanan lies a dock, and on that dock, a green light shines ominously through the shadow of night. To Gatsby and Nick, the light individually symbolizes a different concept. Touched upon in chapter nine, “Nick Carraway perceived the green light as the settlers might have envisioned the future of America” (Wyly), whereas Gatsby’s perception of the green aurora was an interpretation of a future with Daisy. Across the bay, the curious bulb of light represented a ray of sunlight at the end of a dark tunnel, his salvation. There is a positive correlation between Gatsby’s goals and the ambitions that Fitzgerald believed that the modern population sought; a desire that is not worth