The Great Gatsby In the book, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, certain characters developed so that they contradict another character personality traits. This setup allows the characteristics of these two characters to be greatly notice by the readers. In this case, the development of Nick and Gatsby are a contradiction of each other: on one hand there is Nick who develops greatly through the story and on the other hand there is Gatsby, …showed first 75 words of 795 total…

…showed last 75 words of 795 total…a lot of maturity and responsibility So in the end it is seen how these two characters contrast each other. One is a developing young man learning through life and figuring out what he wants to become and the other is a man who’s life was thrown away on a corrupted dream of greed and wealth. These two characters have a contradiction that makes the story into of the greatest stories of this century.