NOT A GREAT WINNER, BUT AN ORDINARY LOSER

 

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Auteur: Villanea Morales, Lucía
Format: artículo original
Statut:Versión publicada
Date de publication:2020
Description:This essay presents a characterization analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Being aware of his underprivileged origin, Jay Gatsby spends his whole life amassing his fortune. By examining his behavior in the novel, it is feasible to acknowledge his level of ambition, corruption, alienation, and ultimately loss. In spite of Gatsby’s apparent greatness, failure and decay govern his whole life. He was born not only with delusions of greatness but also with the ability of being corrupt; in his attempt of belonging to the aristocratic class, he loses both everything he has longed for and his own life. Thus, Gatsby’s unreachable dream makes him an ordinary loser, who is only skilled at making money from dirty business.
Pays:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Langue:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/43942
Accès en ligne:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/intersedes/article/view/43942
Mots-clés:ambition
corruption
alienation
loss
decay
The Great Gatsby
bootlegging
hegemonic groups
ambición
corrupción
aislamiento
pérdida
decadencia
El Gran Gatsby
contrabando de licores
grupos hegemónicos