The great gatsby
Unanswered questions come up in much of literature and is seen here in The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses the word "great" to describe Gatsby, which can bring up much conversation as to why the title of the book deems Gatsby to be great. In the dictionary great has numerous definitions such as "important; highly significant or consequential or wonderful; first-rate; very good" (Dictionary.com 1). If everyone in the world was asked to define what great meant, it would probably be found that no two people would say the exact same thing. Maybe the word "great" means to have lots of money, so in that sense Gatsby can be considered to be great. But how does being rich make you a great person? Does having a high social status make you a better person? Jay Gatsby is illustrated as an …show more content…
Gretzky is deemed "the great one" much like Gatsby is deemed "great" in the title. There is no doubt Gretzky would be looked down upon if he lied and cheated to become elite, so because Gatsby does lie about his past and present life to obtain high class status, he too should be looked down upon. The direct comparison is another reason why one would question the title of the novel. If an iconic figure would be stripped of his fame, so should Gatsby who is basically the ionic figure of West Egg. Looking at the bigger picture, there is no way Gatsby should be called great. Although he does take the blame for a crime he did not commit, it would be hard to say that one right can make up for all the wrongs in his life. It makes one wonder if that is why Gatsby is illustrated to be great in the title, but in the end Jay Gatsby's flaws seem to have an overpowering affect on himself as a person. The negatives in his life outweigh the positives, thus reviling that Gatsby is too pathetic to prove himself truly capable of being great. After all, it is his pathetic choices that lead to his own death. If a great man dies, one would think we would see many people
Unanswered questions come up in much of literature and is seen here in The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses the word "great" to describe Gatsby, which can bring up much conversation as to why the title of the book deems Gatsby to be great. In the dictionary great has numerous definitions such as "important; highly significant or consequential or wonderful; first-rate; very good" (Dictionary.com 1). If everyone in the world was asked to define what great meant, it would probably be found that no two people would say the exact same thing. Maybe the word "great" means to have lots of money, so in that sense Gatsby can be considered to be great. But how does being rich make you a great person? Does having a high social status make you a better person? Jay Gatsby is illustrated as an …show more content…
Gretzky is deemed "the great one" much like Gatsby is deemed "great" in the title. There is no doubt Gretzky would be looked down upon if he lied and cheated to become elite, so because Gatsby does lie about his past and present life to obtain high class status, he too should be looked down upon. The direct comparison is another reason why one would question the title of the novel. If an iconic figure would be stripped of his fame, so should Gatsby who is basically the ionic figure of West Egg. Looking at the bigger picture, there is no way Gatsby should be called great. Although he does take the blame for a crime he did not commit, it would be hard to say that one right can make up for all the wrongs in his life. It makes one wonder if that is why Gatsby is illustrated to be great in the title, but in the end Jay Gatsby's flaws seem to have an overpowering affect on himself as a person. The negatives in his life outweigh the positives, thus reviling that Gatsby is too pathetic to prove himself truly capable of being great. After all, it is his pathetic choices that lead to his own death. If a great man dies, one would think we would see many people