POİNT OF VİEW İN THE GREAT GATSBY

POİNT OF VİEW İN THE GREAT GATSBY

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The Great Gatsby about a rich young man trying to achieve
money and darling.                                                               Gatsby fall in love with beautiful Daisy and when everyting is going good for them. Gatsby must go war and waiting for her. But theirs life was changed after war. Daisy prefer other person and married with Tom. Gatsby trying to achieve for her and money. In continuation of the story theirs life is changing.

This social novel written realist style.Novel show us American Dream is meaningless and money can not buy everything. This fake American Dream mean is flashy but the empty brain has people.There place is New York, Long Island.

Gatsby became rich after the war.And he wants to show people richness with his luxury parties. In this environment, Gatsby is extravagant parties it is known. So Gatsby can be proven achieved to Daisy.
Gatsby achieved to Daisy and they are dating again like before 5 year ago. But Daisy married with Tom. Daisy becomes his mistress despite to everything. Gatsby and Daisy would be very happy for a while. But this fake American Dream sow to reality about real life.Daisy doesn't want to prefer Gatsby for Tom. Daisy is American Dream for tom and Gatbsy's dream destroyed. Finally American Dream destroyed and Gatsby dies end of story Centuries ago Dutch sailors eyes and hearts ull of dreams as look at this ısland. Probably they have prepared the ground for desperate Gatsby dreams. Gatsby's dreams is told centruies ago as empty and fake.      

So what is Gatsby's dream?                                                                                                    Gatsby wants to get rid of 'James Gatz' named. Gatsby wasn't born as a noble. But he wants creation new life like anoble and he lives with nobles.                                                                                

So what is American Dream exactly?                                                                                   
An idealistic man who loved the passion and struggle towards achieving women.

We can see many symbols in the novel.                                                      
Symbols ; 
'West Egg' mean is new aristocracy.                                                      
'East Egg' mean is old aristocrasy.                                                                        
'Valley of ashes' mean is the collapse of American Dream.                                  
'Green light' mean is American Dream-Gatsby's Dream.                                      
Novel has important historical period with this important symbols.

Some important facts for 19th centuries ; Alcohol ban, given the right to vote for women, smuggling,organized crime gangs formed, Jazz music was composed...

Finally, Great Gatsby calling to everybody for provocatice and sorrowful American Dream's World. Jazz orchestra accompanied by steps an futureless American Dream...
*ENİSE