Fitzgerald, Francis Scott - The great Gatsby (3)

“The great Gatsby” by Fitzgerard

Gatsby is as a baryonic heroes which are dandy man. Representation of a great

elegance but also a mysterious man and a meditated existence. Baryonic hero

contemplated nature. Gatsby contemplates a woman. Époque of prohibitionism.

Reestablish a kind of puritanism, illegal affairs. Ha lived during the jazz age. There’s

the search of fun. The traditional family stop to exist. Daisy and Mr. Buchanan stay

together to continue their social life in an upper class. Feelings are important only for

Gatsby because he sacrifice his life for Daisy. Gatsby is the romantic characters

because he gives importance to relationship. His goal is conquer Daisy again, he wants

to live again his past. Moral code was not respected. They want to be free to

experience what pleasure is. They didn’t want to be inferior to anyone else. Daisy is

indifferent around Gatsby. She is afraid not for rumors but she is afraid about the past

of Gatsby. Daisy is afraid by Gatsby origin and for this reason she continued to stay

with her husband. Only have fun is important, superficiality is the only value. Daisy

didn’t follow Gatsby. She is indifferent in front of the death of the woman who she

killed and Gatsby protects her. At the funeral of Gatsby only Nick and the father of

Gatsby were there. Nick is the narrative voice, he understand Gatsby and that he is

not superficial. Gatsby fascinates Nick. Gatsby is simply a number. Nick saw the

positive characteristics of Gatsby. Elegance to distinguish him from the other. Nick

understand that Gatsby is not a superficial man and for this reason, he becomes a

friend of Gatsby. People were enthusiastic only when Gatsby arrive when Gatsby died

no one was present. Feelings are a kind of possess. Gatsby in true feelings is rejected.

Gatsby was the victim but he is innocent. Gatsby pretend the truefulness of life. He is

attracted by the green lights no one else because it represents Daisy. Gatsby is a hero

in an époque of antiheroes. He is a self-made man. Fitzgerald, the author, is similar to

Gatsby and Daisy is similar to Fitzgerald’s wife. He becomes rich to be accepted by the

others, to be in the upper class.