Chapter 9- Gatsby Reflections (Greatness)

There are a lot of different meanings of the word"great". Depending on the context and the way that people perceive the word, it could mean a whole variety of things. There are people that were great that were some of the worst people to have ever lived. This may sound funny or contradicting but terrible people were great. For instance, Adolf Hitler was one of the greatest people to have ever lived. He accomplished things that no one ever thought was possible by changing a countries entire state of mind. He was an awful person but was great at the same time.
Jay Gatsby was also great, but in a completely different way than Hitler or say a great sports player. He was great in the way that he changed his life. F. Scott Fitzgerald started off having the reader think he was great for his money, but this is not the reason Gatsby was great. He was great because he lived the way he wanted. He went from being an underclass citizen in the middle of the country to an extremely wealthy entrepreneur in the most booming city in the world. Jay Gatsby was the type of person who; when he wanted something, he would go after it and get it. He wanted to have a lot of money so he made that happen quite well and he also wanted Daisy, so he wooed her back during the romantic summer that they had together.I believe that fitzgerald had Gatsby's father come into scene in the last chapter because he wanted to show the reader the before and after. He showed the reader what James Gatz's life was like before he became Jay Gatsby.