Many people see me as one of the greatest American authors of all time because of my novel; The Great Gatsby. It wasn’t until when I attended Princeton University that I was exposed to the social scene, and when I first discovered my passion for creative writing. Here is when I first started writing musicals for the school, humorous articles in my University’s newspaper, and stories for the Nassau Literary Magazine. Although, my passion came to a halt when I decided to end my schooling in efforts to join the U.S. Army in 1917. Not far into the war is when I met my beautiful wife, Zelda Sayre. Finally when the war ended, the twenties began to roar and I travelled to Paris with my wife and indulged in drinking, dancing, and partying excessively.
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Nick is specifically placed as the narrator of the story and it’s true that Nick Carraway is a representation of myself. Nick came into New York for the same reasons as I did, to achieve success. I intended on Nick being open-minded and reserved so he was able to observe the scenes and people around him carefully. By doing this, I had Nick, a person who carries the same beliefs as mine, tell the readers the story. Moving into New York, I was quiet and took in all the aspects of the roaring twenties similarly to Nick. Nick often describes himself as “within and without” (Fitzgerald 35), constantly disgusted by the parties and scenes around him, but is too fascinated to leave them. I struggled with this same problem, seeing the artificialness, and all the wrong-doings that were deeply embedded in the Jazz Age. Through my own experiences, my goal was to prove that the roaring twenties was not all that it seemed to be; it was corrupt. America was transformed before the Great War by industrialization, and urbanization which threatened traditional American beliefs. In a literary criticism I read, it brought to light the idea that my book was “a critique of the ‘American Dream’ and the ‘agrarian myth’,” (Trask). This was exactly my main purpose in creating The Great
Nick is specifically placed as the narrator of the story and it’s true that Nick Carraway is a representation of myself. Nick came into New York for the same reasons as I did, to achieve success. I intended on Nick being open-minded and reserved so he was able to observe the scenes and people around him carefully. By doing this, I had Nick, a person who carries the same beliefs as mine, tell the readers the story. Moving into New York, I was quiet and took in all the aspects of the roaring twenties similarly to Nick. Nick often describes himself as “within and without” (Fitzgerald 35), constantly disgusted by the parties and scenes around him, but is too fascinated to leave them. I struggled with this same problem, seeing the artificialness, and all the wrong-doings that were deeply embedded in the Jazz Age. Through my own experiences, my goal was to prove that the roaring twenties was not all that it seemed to be; it was corrupt. America was transformed before the Great War by industrialization, and urbanization which threatened traditional American beliefs. In a literary criticism I read, it brought to light the idea that my book was “a critique of the ‘American Dream’ and the ‘agrarian myth’,” (Trask). This was exactly my main purpose in creating The Great