Great Gatsby Coming of Age Novel Essay

The novel the prominent Gatsby isnt your classical coming of mount novel at least for the most part. This is because knap caraway is the only character who actually ends up changing by the end of the novel. Furthermore coming of age novels refer to a character(s) that pass the rite of passage in order to enter manhood or womanhood. Therefore this novel is or so the growth of maturity.The story begins with notch attending dinner at the Buchannan house. Nick was at first very impressed and fascinated with the beauty, glamour, and wealth of Daisy and Tom. This smoke be seen in the commendation Their house was even more elaborate than I expected (Fitzgerald, pg.6). This point of view is oblivious and is unwitting of the saying its not whats on the outside but whats on the inside. besides this point of view drastically changed by the end of the novel.By the end of the novel Nick can no longer even bare to stand the sight of Tom or Daisy, let solo shake their hands. This is best seen with the quote Whats the matter, Nick? Do you object to shaking hands with me? Yes. You fuck what I think of you. This is because Tom told Mr. Wilson to go and kill Gatsby because he had been the person driving the car. Furthermore he cant stand Daisy because even though she loved Gatsby she retreated behind Tom and let Gatsby take the hit for her. This resulted in Gatsbys death and later his funeral to which neither Daisy nor Tom attended.The strongest representation of Nicks growing maturity is the fact that he realises that Tom and Daisy are both weak and invertebrate people. This understanding was only obtained when Nick looked for what was on the inside. The quote They are careless people, Tom and Daisy- they idiotic up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that unbroken them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made is really powerful and Fitzgerald is exemplar others about pe ople who are like this.The novel The Great Gatsby may not be a coming of age novel but it is apretty darn good book about growing in maturity, following your dreams, and fighting for love. Unfortunately Nick is the only character who actually complete this and learned from it.