There are some very close connections between the sincerest narrators in 20th century novels. Dealing with the same concept of counterfeit lives, corruption, and cold hard cash leading the lives of the American population that is still relevant today. Important characters, Jay Gatsby and Willy Loman, fall for the false illusion and pay the price which happened to be their lives. Although, they are the catalyst for the more mundane, honest and growing characters, Nick Caraway, Biff Loman, and Holden Caulfield. These passive young men show their strength and maturity throughout the entire story with us readers barely catching up. They ignite the flame to each and every character they come in contact with, bringing out the truth in order to inform
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Read in this way, Fitzgerald’s masterpiece ceases to be a pastoral documentary of the Jazz Age...” Unfortunately, the main man, Jay Gatsby falls prey to the corrupt delusions of the American Dream making him pay the ultimate price just for the plain fact that he cannot accept that Daisy Buchanan, his former lover, has moved on without him. The illusions seem more realistic than the actual reality. He realized all of the shadiness of the world, but played along with it in order to regain Daisy’s love and affection even mentioning that “her voice is full of money.” to prove to her he is worthy. Holden and Willy both take on this characteristic as well. Love gets in the way of their future and keeps them living in the past, so they can remain happy, like figures in a museum. Gatsby strives to gain something that is nearly impossible to contain like Caulfield and Loman and is put to the test. As idealistic as Gatsby is, he is incredibly extreme when it comes to love. H chases after Daisy like there is no tomorrow, even though is married to Tom, because he thinks their love can never die and Daisy is his forever. Although if it wasn’t for Nick’s appearance in the novel, these events would have possibly never happened in the first place. “I see I have given the impression that the events… were all that absorbed me. On the contrary, they were merely casual events in a crowded summer, and, until much later they absorbed me infinitely less than my personal affairs...”- Nick
Read in this way, Fitzgerald’s masterpiece ceases to be a pastoral documentary of the Jazz Age...” Unfortunately, the main man, Jay Gatsby falls prey to the corrupt delusions of the American Dream making him pay the ultimate price just for the plain fact that he cannot accept that Daisy Buchanan, his former lover, has moved on without him. The illusions seem more realistic than the actual reality. He realized all of the shadiness of the world, but played along with it in order to regain Daisy’s love and affection even mentioning that “her voice is full of money.” to prove to her he is worthy. Holden and Willy both take on this characteristic as well. Love gets in the way of their future and keeps them living in the past, so they can remain happy, like figures in a museum. Gatsby strives to gain something that is nearly impossible to contain like Caulfield and Loman and is put to the test. As idealistic as Gatsby is, he is incredibly extreme when it comes to love. H chases after Daisy like there is no tomorrow, even though is married to Tom, because he thinks their love can never die and Daisy is his forever. Although if it wasn’t for Nick’s appearance in the novel, these events would have possibly never happened in the first place. “I see I have given the impression that the events… were all that absorbed me. On the contrary, they were merely casual events in a crowded summer, and, until much later they absorbed me infinitely less than my personal affairs...”- Nick