The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby's Great Morals And Lack Of Glamour

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the low or middle class to the high class. It is a big mystery of how he receives all this money but it is not from Cody. It is believed that he is a bootlegger. No one was ever sure.
In this story, one can relate Jay's character to the author, Fitzgerald. Both want to achieve the American Dream but are unable to do it. All the money in the world cannot change the past but Gatsby and Fitzgerald learned that the hard way, They were living in a lie, which says that money can buy anything and everything, only to see that it doesn't buy happiness or love. It cannot buy morals or values, either. It is said that too much money can destroy one's life, which leads to isolation from reality.
Jay Gatsby begins to express his lack of interest in the real world. This is because every time he is confronted by something or someone, he drifts off into this fantasy world to escape reality. He had to do this to accept himself and to fulfill his life or dream. In the story (on page 105), ...

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