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Gatsby Essay - Essay

Gatsby Essay

Who is the real hero of the novel Nick or Gatsby ? discuss
In the novel the great Gatsby we can look at two people as the heros, but they are both heros in a different manner . Nick could be seen as a hero because of the way he struggled to help Gatsby realize his dream and the other hero is Gatsby himself who we can see as a hero because of the way he took the blame for the woman he loved and she didn’t even acknowledge him after his death .
Nick was born in the poor part of town but still although curious did not have any real desire to be part of the rich mans world . It was sort of brought upon him by Gatsby who need him in his plan to get to Daisy . He was the piece of the ...

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day hero in his own right .
Gatsby on the other hand although not a hero in the sense of a physically strong man who saves the lives of distressed people . But he is a hero more in the sense that he is totally devoted to one woman most of his life . Then when it looks as if she is going to get into trouble for the death of Mrytle after she hit her with Gatsby’s car Gatsby heroicly comes in and hides the car and destroys the evidence to save his distressed princess from a punishment that he could not handle seeing her take . Then after the inquiries into the accident have finished he rests back waiting for the storm of rumours to blow over but in not letting Daisy take the blame he has shifted all the suspicions onto himself and when Mr Wilson hears about the rumour he is filled with anger towards Gatsby so he kills him . Some may say Gatsby died a heros death and then there are those who may say he died out of stupidity .

So to decide who is the real hero we have to ...

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Added: 7/22/2007 02:24:57 PM
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