Volume : III, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

Decline of Hero Jay Gatsby in F. Scott. Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

Neha

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In the novel, F. Scott. Fitzgerald demonstrates that how a dream of the hero is corrupted by material wealth, greatness and power which causes decline of him. The tragic hero in literature is someone who is of noble character or highly esteemed in the society. Gatsby’s corruption and materialism continue to hold on to a belief in his supposed idealism and difference from other characters. He eaks the law for no larger purpose and loves an insignificant and weak woman who is as materialistic as the rest of this corrupt society. He has no true identity and does not believe in himself which causes damage to the society. While the novel does not argument the clash that the ideal of self–reliance is noble, it argues that such an ideal is unrealizable in the corrupt and materialistic society of the Jazz Age. There is a decline of the hero because he is worthy of honor, miscalculated his fate and received an unjust punishment.

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Neha Decline of Hero Jay Gatsby in F. Scott. Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VIII August 2013

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