Similarities Between Nick Carraway And Jay Gatsby

Many writers choose to reveal pieces of their life through the characters of their novels. The Great Gatsby whispers glimpses of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s personal experiences, through the characters Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby.
In The Great Gatsby, the narrator, Nick Carraway, aligns the nonfictional biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald in numerous ways. Nick and Fitzgerald were both Minnesota-bred, Ivy-league educated and both peregrinated East after World War 1 for the lucky chance in the bond business and writing. Fitzgerald’s father disciplined him at a young age to always demonstrate good manners and reserve judgment upon others. Fitzgerald and Nick never knew whom they would cross paths with in their social circle. The world of

Ivy-leaguers and self—made businessmen were sometimes populated by people with suspicious backgrounds who established their newly discovered success by illegal means. Since both men were immersed in this shady culture, they were reluctant to surmise. While Fitzgerald created a narrator that replicates his personality, he also created a character that mocks his personal experience.
The protagonist and title character, Jay Gatsby reflects the author’s life regarding the fact that they were passionate men who incepted love affairs while serving in the military, made their own new money, and they held lavish parties to impress the women they were in love with.