Gatsby does not accept his parents as his real parents; he believes he is the son of God who is destined to be great in life. In the novel, Gatsby is ironically compared to the figure of Jesus Christ, the Son of God who is considered as the greatest example of a moral and virtuous person. Jesus is the redeemer of sins and savior of people. He sacrificed himself to save humanity showing complete selflessness while Gatsby is the complete opposite to the figure of Jesus due to materialism and having selfish goals in life. Gatsby is not the Son of God from a moral point of view.
• Gatsby lies about his identity and his past. Gatsby’s real name is James Gatz; his parents were poor farmers from North Dakota and he abandoned his family for money and selfish desires.
• He had obtained his fortune and status through illegal actions. He was a Bootlegger and are friends with Meyer Wolfsheim, a gambler that fixed the world series in 1919. Gatsby becomes great trough immoral and sinful actions while Jesus is recognized by his moral and virtuous life. This shows how society’s view of what is right and wrong is distorted.
“Who are you, anyhow? broke out Tom. You’re one of that bunch that hangs around with Meyer Wolfsheim… I found out what your ‘drug-stores’ were… He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn’t far wrong.” (Page 127)
• Gatsby has a materialistic and corrupted goal: Daisy. Daisy’s voice is “Full of money” and the diction used to describe her is similar to the diction used to talk about money “ It excited him, too, that many men had already loved Daisy — it increased her value in his eyes.” (Page 141) She represents the last piece to complete Gatsby’s American dream, but Gatsby’s goal is materialistic and hollow in nature.
• Gatsby commits adultery. He maintains a relation with Daisy who is a married woman as well as he wills to break a family since Daisy and Tom have a daughter that Gatsby does not take into account.
“I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that’s the idea you can count me out. . . . Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions, and next they’ll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white.” (Page 123-124)
• Gatsby and Jesus both die at a young age but Jesus is venerated by all his followers after his death while Gatsby is completely forgotten and ignored after death portraying how corrupted is society. Gatsby has become useless to the partiers so they do not feel the need to attend the funeral, this emphasizes society’s inhumanity and avarice.
• Gatsby lies about his identity and his past. Gatsby’s real name is James Gatz; his parents were poor farmers from North Dakota and he abandoned his family for money and selfish desires.
• He had obtained his fortune and status through illegal actions. He was a Bootlegger and are friends with Meyer Wolfsheim, a gambler that fixed the world series in 1919. Gatsby becomes great trough immoral and sinful actions while Jesus is recognized by his moral and virtuous life. This shows how society’s view of what is right and wrong is distorted.
“Who are you, anyhow? broke out Tom. You’re one of that bunch that hangs around with Meyer Wolfsheim… I found out what your ‘drug-stores’ were… He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn’t far wrong.” (Page 127)
• Gatsby has a materialistic and corrupted goal: Daisy. Daisy’s voice is “Full of money” and the diction used to describe her is similar to the diction used to talk about money “ It excited him, too, that many men had already loved Daisy — it increased her value in his eyes.” (Page 141) She represents the last piece to complete Gatsby’s American dream, but Gatsby’s goal is materialistic and hollow in nature.
• Gatsby commits adultery. He maintains a relation with Daisy who is a married woman as well as he wills to break a family since Daisy and Tom have a daughter that Gatsby does not take into account.
“I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that’s the idea you can count me out. . . . Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions, and next they’ll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white.” (Page 123-124)
• Gatsby and Jesus both die at a young age but Jesus is venerated by all his followers after his death while Gatsby is completely forgotten and ignored after death portraying how corrupted is society. Gatsby has become useless to the partiers so they do not feel the need to attend the funeral, this emphasizes society’s inhumanity and avarice.
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