“The characters are irresponsible dreamers” How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of The Great Gatsby? F.Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” is a well known novel, which portrays the life in 1920’s America and The American Dream. At that time the economy soared. Generation that fought in World War I used this opportunity to compensate by turning to wild and profligate living. The American Dream was the belief that anything is possible as long as you try hard to succeed. People took this very seriously and everyone had a dream they wanted to fulfil. Whether it was wealth, power or love, they did everything to achieve it, even if it meant death of other people.  “The Great Gatsby” is a reflection of these kind of people – reckless
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dreamers. Even Nick admits this in chapter 9 : “They were all careless people”. Nick Carraway shows his irresponsibility through his narration. Although he tells the story, he remains on the margins of  main events, such as Myrtle’s and Gatsby’s death. He has to rely on accounts of other people, which makes him untrustworthy. Even when he is present, he doesn’t know what other characters think and feel. He assumes that he does know, but the reader doesn’t know if it’s true, because the narrator might have misinterpreted gestures and situations, or added something from himself to make himself or ...

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