A Psychological Evaluation of the Great Gatsby
Toady a new patient came in named Nick Carraway. Carraway is a struggling bond salesman that just moved next to that big place on the island, Gatsby's place. He seems to like his new home, but he often talks about how the homesickness he feels is relating back to his fathers conduct. "Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope. I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth"(Fitzgerald 6). It kind of struck me how Carraway's attitude could be shaped by a simple code of conduct. He began to talk about how this person eluded some moral standards. "I wanted to no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart . Only Gastby, was exempt from my reaction"(6). He said that he gave this a reason because Gatsby was, basically, everything Carraway hoped to be. I thought a while before I gave my reply. I explained to him that life was about how rich a man was in experience, not how much material he has. He kind of shrugged it off like it was a cheap psychiatrist line. The more he told me about Gastby, it seemed the more he felt h
Time: 5:00 Wednesday (a week later) I asked Carraway about his relationship with Gastby. He told me it really hadn't changed. Parties become more and more frequent. "Myrtle's dead," he told me. I sat there dumbfounded. "That's why I took a week off. 'Auto hit her. Ins'antly killed'"(146). He continued and explained how this started a new spark between Gatsby and Tom. Between all the parties and runs to the city, Carraway really didn't know what to make of his life. I responded by telling him things will clear up. This is the storm. The clouds will part and you will see that all of this is happening for a greater good "A lot of people have been bootleggers. I'm not justifying the behavior I'm just saying it was the thing to do," I told him "I can't tell you what to do," I retorted "however I can help you with options." He sat there with a blank face. "What I mean is this," I began again" maybe you don't have to tell Daisy. It is not your job to get into their affairs, but family is family. Please continue about Tom's girl. She's Wilson's wife, correct?" "Yes," he answered. "She is in her middle thirties. And faintly stout, but she carries her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can"(29). The session began usually how all others do. Some preliminary banter settled the mood; however, Carraway quickly rose to the point that had been troubling him. The same point that ended the conversation last week. Time: See above time (two weeks later)
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Approximate Word count = 1118
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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