The Title - AO3

Question 1

What is one reason for the title of the novel?

Answer 1

The novel is about Gatsby’s rise to greatness - to be the greatest spectacle in the Long Island area.

Question 2

What did Fitzgerald dislike about social class that prevented Gatsby from being great?

Answer 2

Gatsby only cared about acquiring Daisy however Tom Buchanan possessed class. In America greatness came first from social class.

Question 3

What novel is the title a reference to?

Answer 3

Alain-Fournier’s, Le Grand Meaulnes published in 1913.

Question 4

What could Gatsby’s greatness be an opinion of?

Answer 4

Partly in Nick’s admiration as the only self-made character.