Romantic Idealist

Romantic Idealist What man can be a knight, a savior and a highly dignified man? Jay Gatsby, the title character, in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby can and is. Fitzgerald, using symbolic imagery, portrays Gatsby as a romantic idealist. Fitzgerald explicitly connects Gatsby to the Romantic Idealist as classically defined. A romantic is someone who uses the imagination, who has a strong sense of individuality, uniqueness and sometimes a quest, a goal for passion. Alternately …

…forgiven and not be stricken down for their sins. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby as a Romantic Idealist throughout the whole novel. He is a Knight who protects and searches for his grail. He is Christ who pays for other’s sins. And he is also a dreamer who strives for the impossible. All of this contributes to making him unique, an individual and helps him transcend reality. How else can a Romantic Idealist be?