There are many biblical references (besides Jay Gatsby as a Christ-like figure) in The Great Gatsby. According to Thomas Foster, author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Every story about the loss of innocence if really about someone’s private reenactment of the fall from grace, since we experience it not collectively but individually and subjectively which connects to Adam and Eve and the mistakes they made. Jay Gatsby fits this statement because on page 66 He tells Nick, “Then, came the war, Old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very had to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life.” This statement from Gatsby is where we see Gatsby really give up on everything and completely lose all innocence because of the loss of Daisy.
