Nick Carraway's Coming Of Age In The Great Gatsby
Nick Carraway Coming of Age
The Great Gatsby, ultimately a fantastically written and intriguing novel, is solely based on Nick Carraway’s growth in matureness and self-dependence throughout the novel. The Great Gatsby is written from the viewpoint of Nick Carraway as the narrator and comes from the perspective of a fresh start. This is a story about Nick and how his views and morals change depending on the people he surrounds himself with. Nick has a strong sense of reality and also learns a lot from the beginning to the end of the book. He comes into the book not knowing what he wants and looking for a fresh start but ends up finding his way back home. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald intended this to be a coming of …show more content…
It is written from a viewpoint where we can see his pursuit for a fresh start which results in a growth of maturity. The author correlates that, “As he himself says in his narration, he came out East (where the novel takes place) with ideas about who he wants to be and wants to relate to the world, particularly the world of finance and fashionable society” (BookRags 1). When Nick first decided to move, he knew he needed a fresh start and advanced not knowing exactly what he wanted in life. One of his main justifications for moving was to start a new job in the bonds business. He also acquired new friends, a girlfriend, and a house of his own. These few things show his growth in maturity and …show more content…
Sabers
English II/8
23 February 2017
Birkerts, Sven. "A Gatsby for Today." Atlantic 271.3 (1993): 122: Literary Reference Center Plus. Web. 6 Feb. 2017. .
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc., 1925. Print.
Gross, Dalton, and MaryJean Gross. "Literary Analysis: What Makes The Great Gatsby Great." Understanding The Great Gatsby: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1998. 1-16. Print.
Lehan, Richard Daniel. "Careless Driving: Nick Carraway." The Great Gatsby: The Limits of Wonder. Boston: Twayne, 1990. 98-111. Print.
"The Great Gatsby Summary & Study Guide." BookRags. BookRags, 2017. Web. 06 Feb. 2017.
The Great Gatsby, ultimately a fantastically written and intriguing novel, is solely based on Nick Carraway’s growth in matureness and self-dependence throughout the novel. The Great Gatsby is written from the viewpoint of Nick Carraway as the narrator and comes from the perspective of a fresh start. This is a story about Nick and how his views and morals change depending on the people he surrounds himself with. Nick has a strong sense of reality and also learns a lot from the beginning to the end of the book. He comes into the book not knowing what he wants and looking for a fresh start but ends up finding his way back home. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald intended this to be a coming of …show more content…
It is written from a viewpoint where we can see his pursuit for a fresh start which results in a growth of maturity. The author correlates that, “As he himself says in his narration, he came out East (where the novel takes place) with ideas about who he wants to be and wants to relate to the world, particularly the world of finance and fashionable society” (BookRags 1). When Nick first decided to move, he knew he needed a fresh start and advanced not knowing exactly what he wanted in life. One of his main justifications for moving was to start a new job in the bonds business. He also acquired new friends, a girlfriend, and a house of his own. These few things show his growth in maturity and …show more content…
Sabers
English II/8
23 February 2017
Birkerts, Sven. "A Gatsby for Today." Atlantic 271.3 (1993): 122: Literary Reference Center Plus. Web. 6 Feb. 2017. .
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc., 1925. Print.
Gross, Dalton, and MaryJean Gross. "Literary Analysis: What Makes The Great Gatsby Great." Understanding The Great Gatsby: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1998. 1-16. Print.
Lehan, Richard Daniel. "Careless Driving: Nick Carraway." The Great Gatsby: The Limits of Wonder. Boston: Twayne, 1990. 98-111. Print.
"The Great Gatsby Summary & Study Guide." BookRags. BookRags, 2017. Web. 06 Feb. 2017.