Fear in the Great Gatsby
In the novel The Great Gatsby the author uses various character’s fear to motivate them and manipulate their understanding of their place in American Society. Throughout the novel Gatsby’s defining characteristic is hope, no matter what happens Gatsby always thinks it will get better. So it is only natural that his greatest fear is not being able to achieve his goals. We see this in the way he talks about his childhood so critically, his parents were shiftless and unsuccessful […]
