How Does Nick Carraway Dehumanize In The Great Gatsby

In the novel, “The Great Gatsby”, author F. Scott Fitzgerald describes the protagonist Jay Gatsby in a strange and interesting way. Nick Carraway states that, “If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him,” The words “unbroken” and “success” tell the reader that Gatsby is something of perfection, or is at least this is the way he presents himself to be. Nick further compares Gatsby to the most pristine piece of technology of the 1920s, the seismograph. This further illustrates the mechanic perfectionism of Gatsby’s personality. It is interesting that Fitzgerald uses such strange and dehumanizing qualities to describe Gatsby.

Fitzgerald uses the symbolism and ideas of vision heavily throughout his novel, The Great Gatsby. In Chapter 2 Fitzgerald introduces the symbol and icon of the book, “Dr. T.J. Eckleburg.” This is a ginormous billboard of two blue eyes with spectacles that overlooks the City of Ashes. In the novel, Nick states, “we walked back a hundred yards along the road under Doctor Eckleburg’s persistent …show more content…
When Daisy arrives at Nick’s house to meet Gatsby for tea, Gatsby is simply a nervous wreck. The air is uncomfortable and awkward, and it just so happens to be raining. When she comes to the door, he can’t even stand to be in the same room and runs out the door. Nick has to knock some sense into him and say “You’re acting like a little boy, not only that, but you’re rude. Daisy’s sitting in there all alone.” When Gatsby comes back, things are still uncomfortable - that is until it stops raining. As the rain fades, so does the discomfort. Soon, as if a beaming rainbow surrounded the couple, happiness and ease begins to fill the space between them. Fitzgerald uses the rain as a symbolism of rebirth and renewal. It is a beautiful cleansing process that happens in Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship. A rebirth of old