In the Great Gatsby written by F.Scott Fitzgerald, the narrator, Nick Carraway , is a character that helps readers navigate through the story, providing us with an experience that can only be shown through his eyes. Gatsby, is the wealthy protagonist who is deeply in love with a character named Daisy who is Nick’s cousin. However, as we follow Nick through the story his opinions on Gatsby changes several times and his judgement on his original opinion changes too. Toward the end of the novel, it’s clear that Nick truly admires Gatsby for the extraordinary quality of hope that he possess. Nick also admires Gatsby for dreaming of being with Daisy forever in a perfect world. Regardless of the admiration he has for Gatsby, Nick doesn’t necessarily
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In the end, Nick almost idolizes Gatsby in spite of his uncertain morality. The author writes, “Gatsby turned out all right at the end” (2) implying that, even though he died fighting for his passions, he went down nobly. the novel also suggests that optimism is good but can be an ineffective characteristic through creating a hopeless love story between Gatsby and Daisy. Gatsby was super optimistic about his life and that he was going to live with daisy forever, unfortunately that didnt happen because he had been shot by Wilson. Nick had seen how hopeful and optimistic Gatsby was which he continuously admires. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . “ (153) said Nick. Gatsby getting excited for the future and thinking that he has everything planned is something that had put Nick to awe. By seeing everything through Nick’s eyes we see Gatsby as a determined man who is not going to stop fighting for what he wants until he gets it. At the same time, we see that Nick is starting to his opinions and judgement of
In the end, Nick almost idolizes Gatsby in spite of his uncertain morality. The author writes, “Gatsby turned out all right at the end” (2) implying that, even though he died fighting for his passions, he went down nobly. the novel also suggests that optimism is good but can be an ineffective characteristic through creating a hopeless love story between Gatsby and Daisy. Gatsby was super optimistic about his life and that he was going to live with daisy forever, unfortunately that didnt happen because he had been shot by Wilson. Nick had seen how hopeful and optimistic Gatsby was which he continuously admires. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . “ (153) said Nick. Gatsby getting excited for the future and thinking that he has everything planned is something that had put Nick to awe. By seeing everything through Nick’s eyes we see Gatsby as a determined man who is not going to stop fighting for what he wants until he gets it. At the same time, we see that Nick is starting to his opinions and judgement of