What makes Gatsby Great? (The Great Gatsby)

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This essay will compare the theme of hope in the writing of Fitzgerald in the novel , The Great Gatsby . The characters in the novel will be presented as hoping against the odds of love and either fulfilling their desire or running away from them . The different avenues of hope will also be examined in that hope may turn into acts of desperation from a different point of view , and the narrator of some of the novels will be given consideration in presenting

facts to the reader in their own point of view . Finally , this essay will discuss the nature of hope , and how the characters throughout the novel may either accept a hopeless state and be transformed from it , or accept hope as a gift despite the fact that reality and circumstances may deny them their desires . The theme of the novel will ultimately coincide with transformations or realizations through hope

The character of Jay Gatsby is one of the most fascinating of those in American literature . His persona is one of a self-created socialite - his money came from criminal exploits , and his motivation was the love of a single woman "Gatsby turned out all right at the end it is what preyed on Gatsby , what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men (Fitzgerald 8 . Gatsby is shown throughout the novel as , though dedicated to a seemingly noble pursuit a man who would stop at no ends to achieve his goal . Yet , his character is seen as sympathetic by the reader . Through his illegal exploits , his dealings with organized crime , and his profiting from the sale of stolen securities , the reader sees Gatsby as a hero - partly because of the narrator , Nick Calloway . This hero worship is not uncommon in a coming of age novel . Although Nick 's initial look at Gatsby is of a hero since Gatsby seemingly has all the necessary attributes which Nick himself desires such as wealth and fame , Nick begins to realize as the novel unfolds that Gatsby wealth is criminal , that his intentions for riches was stemming from a desire to obtain the attention of Daisy which in some point of view may come off as desperate but Nick , up until the end of the novel , continues to perceive Gatsby as a hero , since Nick himself is blinded with hope , and hero worship

Though Gatsby has failings as a moral human , he has dedicated himself throughout the novel , to a noble pursuit - the love of Daisy Buchanan Though his relationship with Daisy is based on a lie - that he was well born , rather than poor - Gatsby immediately is granted a literary reprieve as he leaves to fight in World War I . During his time at war Daisy marries Tom Buchanan , a terribly unsympathetic character . It is through his struggle to regain the heart of Daisy Buchanan that Gatsby is...