Unlike Nick, Gatsby does not develop in the course of the story. He cannot because his whole life is devoted to the fulfillment of a romantic dream that he created a long time ago. He is still caught in an adolescent faith, which is the only thing that will keep this dream alive in him. His personal vision is based on the illusory belief that time can be “fixed” and the past can be recreated. “Can’t repeat the past? He cried incredulously. Of course you can.” ( ) He is content with the thought that things will change to the way that he wishes them to be. He is caught up in a

Another point where we can notice the maturation of Nick is during his critiquing of Gatsby’s life. As Gatsby sees it all as dream that will be fulfilled Nick begins to notice and become aware of the certain flaws that this dream holds. Studying Gatsby and the way he runs his life, Nick becomes aware of the fact that an ideal based on materialism alone is a corruption rather than a fulfillment. Nick also develops as he studies the better aspects of Gatsby’s life as well. He discovers that although he is stuck in a fantasy world of corrupt dreams that it is better than being motivated by complete selfishness like everyone else. He sees towards the end of the book that Gatsby is a man just trying to create a dream he once while the others are filled with corruption and deception of the others. Nick also develops when it comes to the idea with his relationship with Jordan baker. Nick could have easily let the relationship take care of itself before he left but he insisted on terminating it, even though he still feels very strong for her. He believes that before he leaves needs to “leave things in order” and doing this takes a lot of maturity

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