Two major themes of Wide Sargasso Sea are identity and image. Throughout Jean Rhys’s book, the identity of Antoinette, her mother, Annette, and every other character introduced are questioned either by themselves or another person. The book also narrates the growth of Antoinette and the finding, shaping, and losing of her identity. Many characters in Wide Sargasso Sea are concerned with how other people view them, and continually mock, make up, and misunderstand other people's images, while fearing the same treatment to their own. While reading this book, I was repeatedly reminded of another with the same major themes, The Great Gatsby. In the Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby throws parties every weekend to create an image
