Essay Archive - The Great Gatsby: Illusions
The Great Gatsby: Illusions
James Baldwin looked upon reality and illusion through the eyes of
a great author. He saw that all authors live in reality, while everyone
else lives in a sense of illusion, or not knowing the whole truth. He
shows us that the author must question everything, breaking down the
illusions that are set up by people and by our society. Baldwin shows that
normal people don't question everything, and therefore are fooled by
illusions may times. In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald suggests many things
about illusion and reality. I think that the st....
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