The Great Gatsby

The Great Who? How can someone hate a person, and at the same time think that they are great? Nick Carraway, in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, demonstrates this abnormal reaction once acquainted with Jay Gatsby. Nick has the uncommon ability of seeing through the immorality that taints Gatsby’s greatness. He picks out the hopeful idealist in Gatsby, whom remembers the past, and yearns for the future. In Gatsby’s quest for …

…In fact, he is so consumed by the past, that he’s actually numbed to the present, and lets Daisy slip away once again. So by telling himself that he is in love with Daisy, he is essentially creating one more lie for the pile. For James Gatz is a man who cares about nothing but himself, and his romantic dream to dream. I hardly believe this is the founding quality of a “great” man.