The Great Gatsby Critics

Claire Stocks

“Nick wants to portray Gatsby as ‘great’, and to ignore or edit anything that might undermine that image.”

Thomas Flanagan

“Gatsby is somewhat vague. The reader’s eyes can never quite focus on him, his outlines are dim.”

Christine Ramos

“By attempting to maintain his way of life, Tom has reduced whole people to ashes without any thought of consequences.”

Tony Tanner

“The green light offers Gatsby a suitable inaccessible focus for his yearning.”

Sarah Churchwell

Sees Gatsby as a “cautionary tale of the decadent downside of the American Dream.”

Fitzgerald

“A whole race going hedonistic, deciding on pleasure.”

Kathleen Parkinson

“Gatsby is a ‘divided personality’, ambivalent even in his death.”

Bernard O’Keefe

“Nick has indeed fallen in love with Gatsby.”