The Price Of Greatness In The Great Gatsby

The novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald displays the protagonist, Gatsby, recklessly concentrating himself on Daisy while impacting everyone else without reflecting on his actions which produce negative consequences. Winston Churchill once said that “The price of greatness is responsibility.”, and the lack of Gatsby’s responsibility throughout the novel makes his greatness an illusion covered in wealth and power, which easily fades away at his plight, when he loses his green light, Daisy. Throughout the book, Gatsby is presented as a great person by the narrator, Nick, who seems more biased inclining towards the great Gatsby and the evil Tom and Daisy, even though Gatsby’s character is described as a mysterious person, who might have been a criminal, have done bootlegging, and deceiving Daisy into acting against her own husband, Tom, putting her into a fragile spot. The actions of the great, charming prince, Gatsby, lead to a series of disputes between Tom and Daisy. Gatsby’s illusion of greatness disappears once he has come to the conclusion that he lost Daisy, and later in the book, he has been killed by Myrtle’s …show more content…
Throughout the novel, Gatsby’s greatness is challenged by his actions and behaviour. Gatsby’s illusion of greatness hides a mysterious man, a criminal who has killed people through his selfish and unthoughtful actions and has harmed others physiologically, such as Daisy. His self-focus on achieving his wish, “the green light”, has turned him into a dishonest person who lied about who he is, and hid his past. Gatsby’s illusion of greatness showed a rich educated man, but the consequences of his obsessive actions ultimately caused his death. Gatsby’s greatness was just an illusion, and it slowly fell apart as Gatsby forgot about his true identity, which caused an unfortunate