Doesn’t it always seem as though rich and famous people are larger- than-life and virtually impossible to touch, almost as if they were a fantasy? In The Great Gatsby, set in two wealthy communities, East Egg and West Egg, Fitzgerald describes Gatsby as a Romantic, larger- than-life, figure by setting him apart from the common person. Fitzgerald sets Gatsby in a fantasy world that, based on illusion, is of his own making. Gatsby’s …showed first 75 words of 903 total…

…showed last 75 words of 903 total…horse of a knight. His quest for Daisy is identical to the quest of medieval knights who sought the Holy Grail. At night he stands out in front of his house with his “arms Stretched out” toward Daisy’s green dock light. Comparable to a knight’s watchfulness, Gatsby also stays at Daisy’s window all night staring at the light trying to protect her from Tom and watching over her. Bibliography Sorry, fresh out!