The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald - 1513 Words

The author of the novel The Great Gatsby, is F. Scott Fitzgerald. He is an American novelist and short story writer who was born in Minnesota, USA on September 24, 1896 and died on December 21, 1940. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates how the pursuit of the American Dream ultimately leads to the downfall of those who pursue it. Nick Carraway leaves the mid-west to pursue a career in New York and as a result of interactions with corrupt characters, he sees the darker side of the American Dream which leads him to avoid relationships in the future. Daisy Buchanan’s dream is to be affluent and have a high status which leads her to reject the love of her life and settle with Tom to maintain the facade of the American Dream.†¦show more content†¦Nick is hopeful that a new future will provide with the dream life and relationships. By leaving his old life behind him it gives him the opportunity to become a bigger and smarter character. He is already educated, but now he will know more than the future characters that he meets. As Nick settles into his life he meets Gatsby who lures him into darker relationships such as Meyer Wolfshine and a romantic relat ionship with Jordan Baker: â€Å"Dishonesty in a women is a thing you never blame deeply, I was casually sorry, and then I forgot† (58). Nick starts the novel by stating that he is honest, â€Å"reserves judgement†, and is a reliable narrator as these relationships progress he loses his morals which leads Nick into consequences by trusting characters throughout the novel which in the future he loses. Nick follows Gatsby too closely and helps him out to an extent where his relationships also get hurt. Nick also places less emphasis on the values that he started with causing him to jump into situations which are not beneficial as he sees what those around him do to achieve the American Dream. As Nick loses hope in the goodness of humanity, he distances himself from all relationships in the future: â€Å"[it was the] foul dust [that] floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short winded elations of men† ( 2). In Nick’s flashback he forebodes his loss of hope and the