The Great Gatsby
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 self-fulfillment, he chases a girl, who is essentially the manifestation of his unattainable dream. Nick Carraway thinks that Gatsby is “great” for his not so evident romantic perseverance- his unrelenting desire to chase his dream. By the same token, Jay Gatsby’s will to stop at nothing in getting what he wants, evokes his immoral side, which Nick has “an unaffected scorn (6)”for. In the midst of a society where “greatness” is generally marked by prestige and wealth, Nick seems to separate his opinions from those of the rest, and sees something hidden in Jay Gatsby. He discovers a quality for which he defines as “great”. Such a quality is Gatsby’s unyielding romanticism, and his undaunted urge to pursue a dream. Nick adores the “extraordinary gift for hope (6)” and “romantic readiness (6)
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Approximate Word count = 985
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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