The Great Gatsby 4

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sent young men to war, that inspires him to go east to New York, where he endeavors to learn about the bond market. Nick settles in West Egg as a young, impressionable man hoping to rise with the times. Speaking as the narrator, he establishes himself as a hardworking American with ‘advantages’ with a strong family history and a belief in good moral values. It quickly becomes evident that the ‘American values’ that Nick was raised with do not run parallel to the American dream desired by so many, yet attained by so few. Nick’s beliefs are demonstrated at the first of Gatsby’s parties that he attended. ‘I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited - they went there. ‘As soon as I arrived I made an attempt to find my host but the two or three people of whom I asked his whereabouts stared at me in such an amazed way and denied so ...

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him that he brings the situation to a head: ‘Just tell him the truth – that you never loved him – and it’s all wiped out forever.’ Daisy then responds that ‘Even alone I can’t say I never loved Tom. It wouldn’t be true.’ This moment in time is the beginning of the end for Gatsby; his dream has died. The same innocence that led him to believe that with the proper wealth, Daisy would return his love now causes him to become bitter, realizing that in her careless world of money and luxury, love is never more than purse deep. Although the implications of her statement are not lost, Gatsby remains rooted in denial, going so far as ...

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