Disillusionment In The Great Gatsby Analysis

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The Great Gatsby is a story by the American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald set in the era of wealth and extravagant parties. It centers around a group of individuals as they struggle through turbulent relationships within as the wealthy communities of Long Island and attempt, and fail horrendously, to tread that which they themselves created. Fitzgerald explored the complicated nature of love through the perspective of one Nick Carraway. The point Fitzgerald makes on the nature of love is that love affairs will ultimately end with a final feeling of disillusionment. When Gatsby and Daisy are first reunited it takes the appearance of a great romance which will be remembered for the staggering amount of devotion, yet as their story progressed it is torn apart by reality. Nick Carraway, the narrator, reintroduces his cousin Daisy to his neighbor Gatsby after Gatsby asks him to do so. When Gatsby first shows off what he achieved, his house, after he was separated from Throughout The Great Gatsby the relationships are permeated with a sense of disillusionment. Throughout the romantic relationships depicted one member of the party was able to fool the other, such as Daisy with Gatsby, Tom with Daisy and Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Wilson with Mr. Wilson and Nick with Jordan, although their motivation were all differing in the end of the day they were fooling their partners. This goes to show that a state of utter disillusionment cannot happen to oneself, most of the time, one must have a shepherd to lead them there. Yet disillusionment cannot occur out of romantics relationships, it can occur out of any interactions. So, if someone finds themself floored by a truth not seen before, something which destroys an aspect that was seen once as a cemented fact, the question must be asked; Who or what caused the

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