The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald - 1506 Words

Throughout the novel â€Å"The Great Gatsby† by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick uses the â€Å"I† in a past tense as he, the narrator, tells his story and at the end makes the realization that Gatsby and Nick share a commonality in life, therefore, Nick changes his world standpoint to include Gatsby, thus the â€Å"We† connection. In the beginning Nick starts off by telling us of the advice his father gave him (â€Å"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, â€Å"he told me, â€Å"just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.†). From his father’s teachings, Nick learns about what morality is, to be tolerant of the under privileged resulting in his identifying with the wealthy, which begins his â€Å"I† perspective. Thereupon, at†¦show more content†¦However, the Carraway’s tell the story that they were descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch, which is in fact a fallacy , making it appear to others that it is inherited wealth. Gatsby, on the other hand, came from a family of unsuccessful farmers and could not reconcile himself to his lot in life. He was born with the name James Gatz and reinvents himself into Jay Gatsby at the age of seventeen allowing him to have whatever past he chooses. His money, like Nick’s, was not inherited as he wanted others to believe, but in reality came from organized crime trading stolen securities and through bootlegging. When Nick returned from the war, he became restless after the totality of what he experienced there and wanted to escape the monotony of his mundane life. The hometown that he’d been accustomed to no longer appeared to be â€Å"the warm center of the world†. His dream was to create his own fortune and to bring substance back into his life. Therefore, he leaves the Middle West and goes east to become a bondsman. He, also, wanted the excitement that he thought he had been missing out on since the war and to be able to mingle with the elite wealthy. â€Å"My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore and it had been overlooked, so I had a view of the water, a partial view of my neighbor’s lawn and the consoling proximity of millionaires—all for eighty dollars a month.† F. Scott Fitzgerald, 5 Gatsby was also fleeing his