Society as Compared to The Great Gatsby Classic literature often has a theme, some idea that the writer wants to express to the world. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is no exception. It is a character study of the entire human race, written in the Greek style. The protagonist, Jay Gatsby, spends years vainly trying to obtain his golden girl, the one thing he can never have. Once that realization is made and …showed first 75 words of 628 total…

…showed last 75 words of 628 total…must close, must offer that last little bit of wisdom he or she hopes the reader will remember always. Fitzgerald chose to end his masterpiece with “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (189). This writer chooses to end with a restatement of ideas. Idea, actually. The limitations we set on ourselves are nothing compared to that which society deems necessary. We create our own prisons, our own lives.