Jay Gatsby and The Bildungsroman This book, The Great Gatsby, does a great job of reflecting the Bildungsroman, which is a story that traces the development of an individual. In the story, Jay Gatsby greatly executes the steps followed in the Bildungsroman. An individual is an "apprentice to life." The protagonist is young, inexperienced, and often uneducated. Educations both in school and the "real world," are covered. Jay Gatsby shows this rule when he says he goes to Oxford school, which would show that he is going to school to get his education. He learns about crime from Meyer Wolfsheim, ...

• Word Count: 690
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

What makes us different? How do our circumstances shape our lives? The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald examines a section of the lives of a group of people. These people vary significantly in wealth, morality, background, tendencies etc. Two very important characters, Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway, live different lives as neighbors. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway differ in matters of morality, personal relationships, and wealth. Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway exist on opposite ends of the wealth spectrum, but each has had humble beginnings. Jay, born ...

• Word Count: 598
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School