Why Is The Great Gatsby Great
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One of the outstanding pieces of classic American literature that many admire to read, especially in high school, is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The whole story detailed in this book took place during summer in a small town in Long Island. Fitzgerald details on issues of romance, wealth, adventure, American dream in order to attract the reader’s attention and take them back to the Jazz Age of the twenties. The most interesting concern arising from this book is whether the chief protagonist, Jay Gatsby deserves being regarded as great. People can be great either because of the good or bad things they have done. A good example is Adolph Hitler. Despite being a horrible and inhuman leader, …show more content…
Nick narrates that Gatsby “…invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to his conception he was faithful to the end." (Fitzgerald 98). Gatsby was determined to change his identity and did everything necessary to change it without losing hope, including reading various books and magazines. In his schedule that he wrote inside the back cover of Hopalong Cassidy, Gatsby included time for ‘Practice elocution, poise and how to attain it 5.00-6.00,” (Fitzgerald 171.). Moreover, part of his general resolution was to “Read one improving book or magazine per week,” (Fitzgerald …show more content…
Gatsby knew that to see his dream of marrying Daisy become a reality, he had to start up a business in order to get enough wealth. Furthermore, he bought a house close to where Daisy was staying purposely to be close to her. Gatsby fought on including when Daisy had clearly rejected him for Tom. Fitzgerald narrates that Nick was impressed by Gatsby's ability to live for and purse one dream, which he didn't realize was unachievable, “…his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. 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). Nick knew that this dream was mere imagination that would never be experienced. However, he feels challenged by Gatsby’s unwavering determination to fight on. He overlooked all his flaws and shortcoming to see Gatsby as a determined man who man who can live for his dreams regardless of the prevailing
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Why Gatsby is great
One of the outstanding pieces of classic American literature that many admire to read, especially in high school, is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The whole story detailed in this book took place during summer in a small town in Long Island. Fitzgerald details on issues of romance, wealth, adventure, American dream in order to attract the reader’s attention and take them back to the Jazz Age of the twenties. The most interesting concern arising from this book is whether the chief protagonist, Jay Gatsby deserves being regarded as great. People can be great either because of the good or bad things they have done. A good example is Adolph Hitler. Despite being a horrible and inhuman leader, …show more content…
Nick narrates that Gatsby “…invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to his conception he was faithful to the end." (Fitzgerald 98). Gatsby was determined to change his identity and did everything necessary to change it without losing hope, including reading various books and magazines. In his schedule that he wrote inside the back cover of Hopalong Cassidy, Gatsby included time for ‘Practice elocution, poise and how to attain it 5.00-6.00,” (Fitzgerald 171.). Moreover, part of his general resolution was to “Read one improving book or magazine per week,” (Fitzgerald …show more content…
Gatsby knew that to see his dream of marrying Daisy become a reality, he had to start up a business in order to get enough wealth. Furthermore, he bought a house close to where Daisy was staying purposely to be close to her. Gatsby fought on including when Daisy had clearly rejected him for Tom. Fitzgerald narrates that Nick was impressed by Gatsby's ability to live for and purse one dream, which he didn't realize was unachievable, “…his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. 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). Nick knew that this dream was mere imagination that would never be experienced. However, he feels challenged by Gatsby’s unwavering determination to fight on. He overlooked all his flaws and shortcoming to see Gatsby as a determined man who man who can live for his dreams regardless of the prevailing