Is The Great Gatsby Really Great? This seems to be the case according to Nick Carraway, the narrator of the novel “The Great Gatsby”. Nick has moral training that allows him to judge Jay Gatsby accordingly. His descriptions not only created sympathy, but also made Gatsby, the outlaw smuggler, somehow admirable. F. Scott Fitzgerald introduced this ethical trick to expose people's illusions about the American dream and uses Nick to show sympathy for the fighters. In the heady days of the 1920s, the booming economy evoked the notion of the American dream. People chase the American dream in search of happiness while some of them believe that wealth will fix everything in life. For the same reason, they are willing to idolize Gatsby. Hunters are inspired by achievers, much like how Nick is fascinated by Gatsby before he knows him. Nick's fascination turns to idolatry after Gatsby invites Nick to his party. Nick describes that Gatsby had "one of those rare smiles with a quality of everlasting reassurance, which you may encounter four or five times in life (Ch.3)." Such a description unifies Gatsby's appearance with people's expectation of a man who has achieved the American dream. Obsession with wealth often blinds people to a potential crisis. The crisis of having to redefine everything they have worked and fought for if reality fails them. Just like the fighters who pursue the American dream, Gatsby also spent his entire life pursuing his American dream, of which Daisy was a major component. Gatsby's "American dream" seems to come true when Daisy comments that he "looks like the man's advertisement (Ch7)." But Daisy ends up betraying Gatsby and returns to Tom's arms. This is the final nail in the coffin, with the drawing of Gatsby...... middle of paper ... not tolerating Tom and Daisy and defines them as carefree people who "break things and creatures and then retreat into their money or their great carelessness [...] (Ch.9) And at this point, Nick, who reserves all his judgments, also makes a firm judgment in characterizing Tom, Daisy and the upper class as. They represent a "rotten crowd". Later, he declares that Gatsby "is worth the fucking group (Ch.8)". Nick. A smuggler who craves extravagance and is attracted to a married woman certainly doesn't deserve our sympathy. American dream chasers only yearn for wealth, but fail to appreciate the beauty of life. , and this is where the great tragedy occurs. Works Cited Fitzgerald, F. Scott. London: Worth Editions, 2001. Print.