Part one of term paper
In the novel, The Great Gatsby, written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the character Nick Carraway has a view of reality like many people in today's society. Nick is the type of person who is both unrealistic and realistic at the same time. The realistic part of Nick shows the reader the character flaws of Jordan, Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom whi ...

Part two of term paper
... shows the reader that Nick's reality is consequently representing the universal experience of man. Funk and Wagnalls Standard Desk Dictionary defines reality as 1. The fact, state, or quality of being real or genuine. 2. That which is real; an actual thing, situation, or event. One cannot know what someone else's reality is until you know that person very well or you read about their life story somewhere. Reality in The Great Gatsby was to fulfill "The American Dream" by one thinking they ...