Truth In The Great Gatsby

For Jay Gatsby idealism and truth play important roles in how he chooses to live his life as well as how others view his life. Every individual holds different ideals and matters of what they believe to be the truth. For individuals existence and truth pertains to only what the person knows and believes in; therefore, how one perceives things to be is how they exist. For Gatsby the only Daisy that exists is perfect and the embodiment of everything he desires. For the narrator, Nick Carraway, the way he views Daisy is messy and imperfect so she only exists that way. Written only in first person point of view, the story holds a certain biased opinion of Daisy that affects the opinion of Gatsby. For Gatsby reality, or reality as he knows it,
For Jay Gatsby the country he lives in is overwhelmed with false senses of hope for the economy and materialism. The greed felt by society as well as materialistic views on social class and identity are the main causes for Gatsby's desire for change due to Daisy's obsessions with power and money. The economic roar in the twenties caused many people to start to live recklessly and flamboyantly through bootlegging, speakeasies, and in many occasions in the novel, infidelity. The quixotic nature of the Jazz Age left many people with a false sense of security in the economy, this later all crumbled into the great depression but while it was thriving people like Gatsby, Daisy, Nick, and Tom fed off of the energy and glamour until the illusion slowly faded for some of them. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel based on his own life experiences, during the nineteen- twenties, that reflect the lives of both Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald was both a victim of the enchanting nature of the twenties as well as aware of its unsteady nature. During the time Fitzgerald was in the military and fell in love with a girl, a girl who chose not to marry based on social class and wealth much like Gatsby and Daisy. Like Nick Carraway Fitzgerald takes note of and writes about
Gatsby's ideas of how his life and society should be, led him to not be able to accept how things were presently for him. Gatsby became stuck chasing these unattainable goals ceaselessly blinding him from everything happening around him. It can be observed that after Gatsby reached his life goal of wealth and fortune he was still empty, chasing Daisy; trying to fill that hole in his life, and after he reunited with Daisy that too was not good enough for him as he demanded that she admit her love publicly. Jay Gatsby's main psychological obstacle comes from his happiness. He relies on materialistic objects and other people to be the source for his happiness rather than seeking it out himself. Another problem for Gatsby psychologically is the irritation that builds inside of him as a result of having idealistic notions. Not long after reuniting with Daisy Gatsby becomes drunk with the need to accomplish more and complete his goals to the very end. The idealistic attitude held by Gatsby along with his opinions on what is real are what cause him to be blind and ignore the attitudes and opinions held by everyone else around him. The comprehension of what is happening between couples and people are subjects ignored by Gatsby; therefore, he is never fully able to understand the struggle held by Daisy to tell Tom she never loved him. The frustration that Gatsby has pertaining to