And more than that: as well as being financially successful, Gatsby has a personal life which is arguably dominated by self-sacrifice. What you describe as "quite delusional in his love affairs" could also be described as a man who will do anything for love, even to the extent of sacrificing his own life. Even though F. Scott Fitzgerald could have stopped there, he did not feel that James Gatz had truly become great.
He points out that Gatsby, unlike everyone else, achieved this greatness for love. When one person selflessly gives themselves, sacrifices themselves, sacrifices everything they have, and even gives their life for someone else; they are greater than anyone.
Gatsby's pursuit of Daisy, to win her love, is the dream he lives for, and hope sustains him. Daisy is Gatsby's version of the American Dream, the love of his life, the perfect housewife, the ultimate status, "the king's daughter, the golden girl" however all of these qualities are just Gatsby's idealization of her after dreaming about her for five years and he is willing to sacrificing everything to obtain her.
James Gatz lived his entire life to love Daisy. When he shows her the stuff in his house, he's showing her the house he has created for her.
He doesn't really care for any of this - it's all done specifically for her. Even the parties stopped when she didn't like them. Jay Gatsby has lived and created all that he has in the name of love and the name of Daisy, not James Gatz or Jay Gatsby. The last comment from Gatsby is about Daisy coming to him, and Nick responds by stating that Gatsby is better then all of them. So Gatsby dies for love and for the people. Moreover he is great in all desires and all his dids. I disagree with the claim that it is likely that Maxwell Perkins, Fitzgerald's editor, came up with the title.
We have the correspondence between Perkins and Fitzgerald, and it's clear from this correspondence that Fitzgerald was unhappy with the title. Also, Perkins is certainly the first person to bring it up in the correspondence between them. But was Fitzgerald and Perkins' only communication through letters?
It seems highly unlikely. So it's entirely possible that Fitzgerald first proposed the title to Perkins in a face-to-face conversation. I always thought that "The Great Gatsby" was a suggestive and effective title, — with only the vaguest knowledge of the book, of course.
Would Perkins have had the presumption to come up with a title of a book that he knew very little about? I suspect not.
Further, if he was proposing the title for the first time in this letter, wouldn't he have been more likely to use the wording "I think It seems much more likely to me that Fitzgerald first suggested the title in a conversation with Perkins, but later decided he didn't like it. Where did Fitzgerald come up with the title? This book was quite celebrated at the time, and Fitzgerald is likely to have read it.
Le Grand Meaulnes is an untranslatable title, as it can mean either Tall Meaulnes or The Great Meaulnes , and the author clearly intended both meanings to be significant. While the plots of the books are not that close, there are a number of interesting similarities.
Both are narrated in first person, and the narrators of both books have a remarkable degree of admiration, probably unwarranted, for the title characters.
This might help explain the titles. The narrators of both books think that Meaulnes and Gatsby are great, despite the fact that they're quite selfish, and have other flaws. The plot of both books revolves around the title character's love for a woman: in both books, the title character meets her when she is quite young; they are separated for a number of years; and then they are reunited, with not entirely favorable results. Gatz comes from a poor background and he invents Gatsby as his larger than life, wealthy, successful alter ego.
The man that lets Gatz access the life that he should have been born into. For Gatz, Gatsby is the idealized, perfect version of himself. There is novel titled A hero of our time , but the word "hero" is used on purpose, with second meaning "typical man".
I think the play of words "The Great Gatsby" is genius, no matter who did it. This is a known and common move in literature. This is the concept of superfluous man. Sign up to join this community.
The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Why is Gatsby great? Ask Question. But I might have to disagree with you on the point of him being the only real person in this novel.
I see your point but I have to disagree. He seems to me a very depressed character who although he lives surrounded by nice things and parties is actually unhappy. The first time we see him is in the library separate from the party. The scene with the uncut book symbolizes for me the fact that Gatsby has ceased to grow.
I agree with you that Gatsby is the only real person in the novel. We were able to see his pain and his self-consciousness that lead him down a bad path to earn his money. Log In Search. Skip to content Home. The American Dream is familiar to all Americans. Through his novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the extravagant s through the eyes of his narrator, Nick Carraway.
Nick moves into New York and is catapulted into the world of the extravagantly rich, which bursts with drama, lies, and corruption. His next door neighbor, Jay Gatsby, is a mysterious and extravagantly wealthy man who leads Nick on a whirlwind of a summer. Unfortunately, it gained popularity posthumously. The Great Gatsby was written in and follows the life of millionaire Jay Gatsby during The Roaring Twenties, his superfluous lifestyle, and his obsession with Daisy a wealthy debutant.
It is set in Long Island and grants readers the historical and social context of America during this time period. The twenties were characterized by idealism, economic prosperity, and the flapper counter culture. Gatsby is a man who is if not the best man that understands love the most and that is a very good way of living there life.
That is the right way to live a dream and not ruin it by taking advantage of anyone's love for someone. Gatsby's eyes floated toward her.
Another example of how Gatsby put too much faith in Daisy was on the way home from the city. He let Daisy drive them home but on the ride home she hits Myrtle Wilson and kills her. Then they kept on driving until they made it home.
Gatsby is so in love with her that he is willing to take on a murder for her.
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