The Great Gatsby: Mentorship, Sports, and Fantasy

This essay discusses the themes of mentorship, sports, and fantasy in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. It provides an account of the social history of America during the Roaring Twenties. The book shows the hedonistic lives of the subjects and the philosophical change that takes place in the people on account of the spiritual reasons. The book can act as a guide as it shows the disillusionment that the people have with that of the religious groups. The narrative can be said to resemble Icarus myth that helps in revealing the vision of a person.

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The Great Gatsby was written by Fitzgerald that talks about characters who live in
fictional town of the West Egg and the East Egg on that of the prosperous Long Island. The
story talks about the mysterious millionaire called jay Gatsby and his obsession for the
beautiful Daisy Buchanan. The novel has provided an account of the social history of
America at the time of the Roaring Twenties. This era was known for the economic
prosperity that had a major impact on the lives of the characters (Scott, 2017). Fitzgerald has
used various kinds of the societal developments for building the stories in Gatsby. Fitzgerald
has portrayed the decayed moral values of the society and the empty pursuit of the wealth of
the characters. The novel can be said to be a symbolic meditation pertaining to that of 1920’s
America. This essay throws light on the theme of mentorship, sports and fantasy in The Great
Gatsby.
The mentorship can be provided to the common people by a person who is more
knowledgeable. The book talks about the plight of the American people. It talks about the
fate of the poor people and the hostility that they have to face in the world. The book vividly
talks about the childhood of Gatsby and the circumstances in his life that had great
repercussions in his life. The book elaborates on the declining mental health of the characters
that compelled people to suffer from mental disorders.

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The book shows the hedonistic lives of the subjects and the philosophical change that
takes place in the people on account of the spiritual reasons. The book can act as a guide as it
shows the disillusionment that the people have with that of the religious groups. The narrative
can be said to resemble Icarus myth that helps in revealing the vision of a person. The book
does not reveal the unified personality of an individual but the fragmented nature of an
individual that acts like a mirror of the true intentions of mankind. The thematic content
pertaining to the work highlights that it can play the role of a mentor that can help in serving
the common people. The autobiography has helped in displaying the models that helps in
revealing how a persona can achieve the self-understanding. The book shows that mentorship
can help people in learning a lot of things in life. Nick in the novel has been shown as guiding
the different people especially Gatsby. He advises Gatsby on the fact that he cannot repeat
what he had done in the past. Nick tells Gatsby that he should leave the town after the death
of Myrtle. Dan Cody on the other hand serves as the mentor of Gatsby (Bénabou, 2017). He
provides Gatsby with taste of his elite life and he provides him with the necessary amount of
education. He provides Gatsby with the skills along with the experience that can help him in
surviving in the society. The people in the novel follow The American Dream and there are
various characters in the novel who provide guidance to the other characters.

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The book, “The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald talks about various kinds
of sports that includes golf, football and the baseball. The book shows that women of the time
were becoming involved in the sports that shows the rising status of the women in the
society. In the era of the 1920, the people used to enjoy a large amount of the leisure time.
The book shows that the rich people in the society who had achieved American Dream
played various kinds of sports that can help in satisfying the boredom. Sports can help people
in seeing true nature of the characters. There is a lot of corruption along with cheating that are
involved in that of sports. The book shows Jordan cheating in the golf tournament and the
character of Meyer Wolfsheim fixing world championship that shows depravity of human
kind. Sports has been used by F. Scott Fitzgerald for showing the luxury that the rich people
in the society used to take recourse to for the purpose of entertainment. The sports in the
novel helps in bringing out the aspect of the cheating. The book shows almost all characters
being involved in some kind of cheating or the lying. Tom Buchanan has been shown as the
polo player in the book who takes recourse to cheating. He cheats his wife that reveals his
depraved nature. Jordan Baker represents the old money in the book and she used to wear the
evening dress like the sports clothes. Daisy Buchanan has been portrayed in the novel as the
lethargic woman who has urged daisy in playing golf at that of the local club

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In the novel, Nick introduces Tom by saying that he was always busy chasing after the
football match. The characters all involve themselves in different kinds of games that helps in
showing the love of the creative pursuits for the people in the society. Gatsby calls Nick “old
sport” that helps in revealing the fact that he belonged to that of the old money. It helps in
showing the fact that Nick belonged to that of the cultured, rich socialite (Staley &
Yalonetzky, 2016). The Great Gatsby has presented sports in a new manner. The sports has
impacted the people in the society to a great extent in The Great Gatsby and the people in the
novel talk about their friends playing sports.
The Great Gatsby has a lot of incidents that shows the predominance of the factor of
fantasy. Gatsby in the novel has been portrayed as a sympathetic character who indulges
himself in deluding himself. He imagines that he arrives in the household of Daisy suddenly
that helps in revealing the psychosis of Gatsby. This helps in exhibiting the element of
fantasy in the novel. Gatsby wants to possess Daisy and this makes him take recourse to self-
indulgent fantasy (Kirby et al., 2017). He allows the criminality that was behind him in
merging with the lingering shame in relation to his unimpressive lineage. Gatsby starts to
steal so that he can become a valuable member of the society. Gatsby has idolized the
character of Daisy irrespective of realities pertaining to her marriage.

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Gatsby felt discomfort in relation to the rape of Daisy that did not help in changing the
circumstances of his life. Gatsby was the narcissist who did not perceive Daisy as an
individual who was existing in a separate manner. Gatsby viewed Daisy as being the
reflection of the slf-concept along with his desires. Gatsby lived in a world of fantasy that
made him act like a narcissist (Staley & Yalonetzky, 2016). The novel shows Myrtle dying
beneath wheel of the car of Gatsby. George murdered Gatsby because he believed that he was
the one who was responsible for the moral destruction of his wife. Nick thinks that Gatsby
has played the role of a despondent man who has suffered on account of the fact that he had
lived with a single dream.
Fitzgerald saw that the people in the society were willing to give in to things in life.
The people in the novel were willing to give in to the fantasies. The novel has been able to
suggest illusion along with self-delusion that the characters in the novel used to take recourse
to for their existence. The people in the novel were carried away by the big parties. The novel
talks about the romantic fantasy of Daisy that acts as a striking force in the novel. The novel
shows the dream of the youth and there exists vague dream of the art in the novel. The novel
talks about the price that the people in the society have to face on account of their illusory
beliefs. The characters of Tom and Daisy killed various things and they retreated into the
world of money. The novel helps in suggesting the fact that careless was caused on account
of the factor of fantasy.
Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby that elaborates on the characters who were living
on the Long Island. The novel talks about millionaire by the name of Jay Gatsby and he
obsession that he felt for Daisy Buchanan. The character of Nick was involved in guiding
various people specially that of Gatsby. Nick provided Gatsby with the advice that he cannot
repeat the actions that has been committed by him in the past. Nick instructs Gatsby about
leaving town after death of that of Myrtle. Gatsby has been shown as sympathetic character

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who was involved in making the delusions. He imagined a situation that he arrived in
household of Daisy that speaks about the illusion of the characters. The novel throws light on
romantic fantasy of Daisy which acts a major force within novel. The novel exhibits dream of
youth that surrounds the characters in the novel. The novel speaks regarding price that is paid
by people owing to illusory beliefs of people.

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