Why Is Gatsby All That Great

Is Gatsby all that great? Jay Gatsby, he represents everything that Nick Carraway adores and hates in the world, half-way through the book the readers learn that gatsby is not who he says he is, and even with that he comes off as someone that should be adored,but, if the reality of Gatsby is so hollow, then is Gatsby all that great? Nick Carraway. Nick is the protagonist of the story and everything is told through his eyes. He has a very estranged outlook on life and on how he sees himself, Nick states about himself “Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known”(Fitzgerald 59). In this statement Nick seems to be a bit over exaggerating because there is a difference between simply not telling and being honest. We are also told in the text that “He didn't say any more, but we've always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence, I'm inclined to reserve all judgments”(Fitzgerald 1). This
When reading, the readers can start to see slightly that Nick is changing and becoming more used to this high class lifestyle. An example of this is Nick starts to learn to let loose and goes to Gatsby's parties all the time, although it is harmless at first Nick, on multiple occasions gets drunk at these parties. Nick even left his home in Chicago to go to New York (the state where dreams come true) and try to be big in finance. The way Nick slightly starts realizing the truths of the world (such as when he learned gambling is usually fixed ahead of time) it can be put into the category of innocence v.s experience. So it is not that Nick is changing just his perspective on the world. Which mostly has to do with the influence of Jay