The Emotional, Mental, and Physical Journey in The Great Gatsby

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In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby goes through a mental phase that makes him go completely crazy. He is not the only character that goes through this phase. Most of the main characters went through it and ended up harming one another. This caused everyone to go through a mental journey. Nick Carraway stayed out of the way when he sensed that there was going be drama coming. This kept him from losing his sanity and allowed him to witness the others as they went insane. Gatsby was one of the many that Nick had witnessed go through a mental phase. It all started when Gatsby met Daisy. That is where everything went wrong for Gatsby, is when he joined the wrong group of people. Everything could have been better if Gatsby would have just stayed away from Daisy. Daisy already had a husband, Tom Buchanan. Gatsby should have stayed away from a married woman and Daisy should have stayed away from having an affair with Gatsby. Mentally, this made Tom feel insecure and jealous but he knew that he could not do anything about it because he is doing the same thing. That would make Tom a hypocrite. G...

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