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Can We Really Like Jay Gatsby?: This 8-page analytical essay examines the reasons why Fitzgerald’s protagonist in his novel, The Great Gatsby can be deemed a likeable character. Generally, murderers, liars and infidels are not redeemable. Nonetheless, there is something about Jay Gatsby that is unforgettably profound. Bibliography lists 6 sources. SNGatsby.doc
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Like Jay Gatsby? Written by Susan A. Nelson - May, 2001 For More Information On This Paper Please
Cliches like, "Dont look a gift horse in the mouth" come to mind when thinking about why just about "everyone" seemed to like the ostensibly generous
Jay Gatsby, in F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel, The Great Gatsby. However, it has to be more than Mans inherent proclivity to "get something for nothing." (Why else
would free-loaders show up night after night to Gatsbys parties if they hadnt gotten used to getting a whole lot of something for their whole lot of "nothing"?) Yet,
true as this might be there has to be more to it than that. The fact is though, that societal bromides/ truisms don t come about because the one
who coins them had nothing better to do that day. They originate after innumerable examples of seemingly innate human characteristics get cryptically categorized, then forever take their place in
the annals of colloquialism. However, along those lines another cliche purports, that success often comes with a very heavy price tag and
that sometimes money will create more problems than it solves. Such is the case with Jay Gatsby, and this essay will examine Fitzgeralds multifaceted, often perverse protagonist while uncovering what
made him such a "likeable character," as opposed to someone who is well liked. The distinction is made intentionally, because in reality nobody liked Jay Gatsby, since liking
someone (as does loving someone) entails having had the opportunity to know that someone. Unfortunately, no one ever knew Gatsby because they had only gotten to meet his well-constructed
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