Topic > Disillusionment Analysis in The Great Gatsby Analysis - 1721

The Great Gatsby is a story by American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald set in the era of wealth and extravagant parties. It centers on a group of individuals as they struggle through turbulent relationships within the affluent communities of Long Island and attempt, and fail horribly, to trample on what they themselves have created. Fitzgerald explored the complicated nature of love through the perspective of one Nick Carraway. The point Fitzgerald makes about the nature of love is that love relationships will ultimately end with a final feeling of disillusionment. When Gatsby and Daisy first get together, it seems like it will be a great love story that will be remembered for the incredible amount of devotion, but as their story progresses it is torn apart by reality. Nick Carraway, the narrator, reintroduces his cousin Daisy to his neighbor Gatsby after Gatsby asks him to do so. When Gatsby first shows off what he has accomplished, in his home, after separating from him. Throughout The Great Gatsby relationships are imbued with a sense of disillusionment. During the romantic relationships depicted, one member of the group was able to deceive the other, such as Daisy with Gatsby, Tom with Daisy and Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Wilson with Mr. Wilson, and Nick with Jordan, although their motives were all several in the end were deceiving their partners. This shows that a state of total disillusionment cannot happen to oneself, most of the time one has to have a pastor to lead them there. However, disillusionment cannot arise from romantic relationships, it can occur from any interaction. So, if someone finds themselves displaced by a truth they have never seen before, by something that destroys an aspect that was once seen as a cemented fact, the question must be asked; Who or what caused the