What Does Nick Carraway Learn In The Great Gatsby

The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is narrated by Nick Carraway, a modest middle class man living amongst some of the richest people in the country, including his neighbor J. Gatsby. Nick became intertwined with Gatsby's extravagant life and love affairs. It presented him with many interesting situations that built his character and brought him closer to Gatsby, and in the end Nick realized that he had become one of Gatsby's only true friends. Nick learned many lessons from observing Gatsby and his companions. At the end of the novel Nick reflects on the events that had recently unfolded, and based on what he observed from Gatsby trying to chase his dream, Nick believes that dreams are unattainable. He shows this through stylistic
Nick realizes how Gatsby only wanted one thing to complete his life, and he did all he could to try to achieve a life with Daisy but it was not possible for her. “He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it (Fitzgerald, 180).” Fitzgerald uses “blue lawn” as imagery of the perfect life that Gatsby thought he had when he was with Daisy. He felt like everything was going to go his way and he was going to have the chance to be with her again. Unfortunately, due to the incorporation of Tom, Myrtle getting hit with the car, Wilson going crazy, and all the other drama, it all went into a downward spiral. He could not hold on to Daisy, therefore his dreams were unfulfilled. Gatsby was so infatuated and in love with Daisy, he envisioned their lives together and he did not want to live any other way. He felt wonder when he was with her, like anything is possible, or
He made many acquaintances and built a life for himself along the way. He had everything a man could want, but his life still felt incomplete. He looked at the green light every day and thought about Daisy in hopes that she would one day appear at one of his parties. It gave him hope to look at the light, because it reminded him of her and kept him working towards his goal. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us (Fitzgerald, 180).” Gatsby believed in his dreams, he thought about it every day and came very close to accomplishing it. Imagery used in the quote expresses Nick's feelings on the subject, he thinks the excitement and wonder that we have from our dreams becomes more dull over the years. Gatsby was so blinded by love that he did not realize how his time with Daisy had already passed and she went on to have a new life without him. “He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night. (Fitzgerald 180)” The imagery used in the quote helps the reader understand how Gatsby’s love was forgotten in the vast obscurity beyond the city. He was no longer loved by Daisy, and nobody else truly loved him or cared about him besides