Fitzgerald sees the American dream slowly but surely disintegrating in the 1920s, as America's becomes obsessed with materialism .
The story of the great Gatsby revolves around Jay Gatsby who also lends his name to the novel. Jay Gatsby is quixotic character. His reputation precedes him and Scott Fitzgerald holds back any revelation concerning Gatsby, until fairly late in the novel. As a reader many find themselves hating Gatsby at first infact most of the characters in The great Gatsby are very unlikable and the story at its most basic and simplest form isn’t very moving or compelling. Fitzgerald solves this problem by heightening the language and giving …show more content…
The novel’s symbolic geography: East Egg represents the established rich,, The families who inherited their money the sophisticated Victorian aristocrats, West Egg the selfmade rich “new money” the people to be despised. The bourgeoisie though having fine taste yet utterly lacking in the moral values of the world. They are utterly careless. The east Eggers. In the end Gatsby a degenerate criminal at the surface might have the better