Nick Carraways Epiphany in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Essa

gouges Epiphany in The Great GatsbyA soft catch lifts off the Sound and brushes Nick Carraways face as he emerges from the shadows into the moonlight. His eyes first gaze across the bay to the house of Tom and Daisy where Nick sees past the walls to people who ...smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back to their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together... (Fitzgerald 187- 188). Nicks head then turns to his side where he views Gatsby s mansion. His heart swells for the man who was unable to let go of the past, and move toward his future. With the two houses juxtaposed in his assessments eye, Nick ponders his experiences in the East, and enters the car to take him home with a new perspective on life. Nicks maturity becomes evident as his perspective of society becomes more realistic as a result of his observing the consequences which occur in unhealthy relationships. Nick observes many relationships during his stay in New York, and l ooks upon these relationships with a perceptive eye. He sees that relationships which lack mutual feelings are destined for failure. Nick watches as Tom Buchanan meets with his mistress, myrtle, and Nick notices the disparity in the approve that Tom and Myrtle have for each other. Myrtle appears to follow Tom s each and every demand, as if she were at the end of a tightly held rope, which Nick compares to the ...small expensive dog leash made of leather and braided silver (166) which was found in Myrtle s drawer at her house. Myrtle s leash, one that could be used to control and manipulate every action of a persons pet, is representative of Myrtle s willingness to accessory her will to accommodate Toms demands. Myrtle s absolute de... ...e Novel, The Critics, The Background. Ed. Henry D. Piper. Charles Schribners Sons, New York 1970. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Simon and Schuster Inc., New York 1991. Hooper, Osman C. Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, The Critical Reputa tion of F. Scott Fitzgerald. clause A353. Ed. Jackson Bryer. Archon Books, Maryland 1967. Samuels, Charles T. The Greatness of Gatsby. Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby The Novel, The Critics, The Background. Ed. Henry D. Piper. Charles Schribners Sons, New York 1970. Trask, David F. The End of the American Dream, Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby The Novel, The Critics, The Background. Ed. Henry D. Piper. Charles Schribners Sons, New York 1970.Trilling, Lionel. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Critical Essays on Scott Fitzgeralds Great Gatsby. Ed. Scott Donaldson. capital of Massachusetts Hall, 1984. 13-20.