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The Great Gatsby

Great Gatsby
In the world today, there exists an array of different people; most content with the situation they are in. However, there are some, in society, that possess ideals and dreams that transcend themselves. Those characters, occasionally known as Romantic idealists, portray qualities as true today, as 100 years ago. American society, in the 1920’s, as depicted in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, (Simon & Schuster, 1995), is no exception. Jay Gatsby is literally portrayed as a Romantic idealist; however, the figurative motifs implemented throughout the novel further distinguish him as a unique and imaginative character.
Fitzgerald explicitly establishes a literal definition of Gatsby throughout the book. Subsequent to narrator Nick Carraway’s condemnation of society, he exempts Gatsby, describing him as possessing “…a romantic readiness such as [he has] never found in any other person…” (6). Indeed, Gatsby is unlike any other in that he h...

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