Before reading the book, great could mean many things. It could mean that Gatsby is rich and amazing individual or that he did something good. It is after reading the novel the reader is able to understand that the title is ironic and that the themes in the novel help understand the “great” in the character Gatsby. Gatsby’s life was centered on money and carelessness. Fitzgerald tries to show the reader why and how great Gatsby was using irony. For instance, it is ironic that someone that has so much money and fame would still continue working illegal activities and many parties just to find the woman of his dreams that is married and has a child. He does all this for this woman when there is many women who are dying to see him. All this goes towards Gatsby and his true
Before reading the book, great could mean many things. It could mean that Gatsby is rich and amazing individual or that he did something good. It is after reading the novel the reader is able to understand that the title is ironic and that the themes in the novel help understand the “great” in the character Gatsby. Gatsby’s life was centered on money and carelessness. Fitzgerald tries to show the reader why and how great Gatsby was using irony. For instance, it is ironic that someone that has so much money and fame would still continue working illegal activities and many parties just to find the woman of his dreams that is married and has a child. He does all this for this woman when there is many women who are dying to see him. All this goes towards Gatsby and his true