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Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940, The Great Gatsby. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1925.

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I loved the story of the Great Gatsby. Being a classic, I went into it with low expectations, being more of a fantasy reader, but this book greatly surprised me. The story was very interesting and I loved each character and I found myself becoming very invested. The deeper meanings behind everything in the book helped me develop a greater understanding and only made me love it even more.

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The strongest Literary Lens in The Great Gatsby was archetypal as each of the five main characters represents a varying archetype. Let us begin with Gatsby. Gatsby presents an anti-hero archetype, his pursuit to obtain Daisy’s love is nothing less than a noble pursuit, however, the methodology in which Gatsby employs to achieve his goal, by lying about where he went to school and his origins, and bootlegging to obtain wealth, both of which are morally irresponsible things that a hero would not do. Tom stands to represent the villain archetype with his reckless and dishonest lifestyle. Tom has no redeeming qualities, he is unfaithful to his wife Daisy, racist, and arrogant. Tom feels inferior to Gatsby due to Daisy’s love for Gatsby as opposed to himself, thus initiating the conflict that leads to Myrtle’s death. Tom also expresses contempt for other races, believing that white people created society while African Americans were useless. Daisy represents a damsel in distress, being unhappy in her marriage with Tom, yet choosing him over Gatsby in the end due to Tom’s ability to provide security and wealth. Jordan is a trickster, cheating her way to the spotlight in golf, and lying to potential lovers to distance herself and make herself independent. Nick represents the bystander archetype, sitting back and observing most events in the book, judging each character, and providing his thoughts on each situation. Nick is also the character commonly used to do other’s bidding.

Feminism is the weakest literary criticism as only three characters give us a view through the feminist lens, Daisy, Myrtle, and Jordan. Daisy is stuck in a love triangle and ends up choosing status and wealth for more security at the end of the book. For women to stay safe and secure in the past, they often married wealthy individuals with a valuable status such as Tom as opposed to settling down with real love. Myrtle represents how women of lower class are seen in this society, being treated poorly by Tom, believing he loves her when he is simply using her. Myrtle marries Mr. Wilson due to believing he could breed well when that was not the case at all. This assumption got her stuck in a sort of prison, allowing the reader to sympathize with her situation. Jordan is a character that opposes all these feminine views. She is drastically different from Myrtle and Daisy, being the only one out of the three who is not married, and the only one who has a career as a professional golfer which was a male dominant sport. Jordan prefers to stay independent, however a feminine trait she exhibits is attending numerous parties to raise her social status. While these three characters display feminism, the lens is not that strong throughout the book. Myrtle’s death causes the lens to become weaker, Daisy’s story becomes more post-colonial, while Jordans character focuses on her archetype. You can see more emphasis on post-colonial and archetypal then feminist, as most of the feminism seen in the book can also be attributed to post-colonial.

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The Great Gatsby is a book with many different archetypes. Gatsby is a sort of anti-hero, Tom a villian, Daisy a damsel in distress turned fallen women etc. and Nick a bystander. These 3 characters archetypes are what make Gatsby stray further away from a hero and ultimately, lead to his demise at the end of the book.