The Great Gatsby is not The novel has no plot worth mentioning. ... The book is highly sensational, loud, brazen, ugly, useless. There seems to be no reason for its existence Harvey Eagleton (Dallas Morning News, May 10, 1925).F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is an absurd story, whether considered a romance, a melodrama, or a simple account of the good life of New York. The occasional insights into the character stand out like very green oases on an arid desert of waste paper. Throughout the first half of the book the author hides his main character in mystery, but when he reveals his life story in the last part, it is difficult to find the wit, intelligence and charm one might expect from a main character. The Great Gatsby is a parody of himself. While Fitzgerald tries hard not to make Gatsby and especially Daisy ridiculous personalities, this is where he ultimately fails. There isn't enough ironic distance from his characters. Since Gatsby, at least in the eyes of many critics, is supposed to represent the idea of ​​the American dream, the presentation of his character calls into question the entire concept, without being intended as criticism. This is mostly the fault of another weak character in the novel, Nick Carraway. At first, Nick's only function in the novel seems to be to act as a reporter, telling us the truth by telling us his keen, objective perceptions. Then, as the novel progresses, the opposite turns out to be true, and he takes Gatsby's side to make this character rise above all others and shine. Nick Carraway may be one of the best examples of reader manipulation in literature. But his sympathy towards Gatsby is exaggerated, not so much in his actions, but in the much vaunted language of the novel. Fitzgerald's book first overwhelms the reader with poetic descriptions of human feelings, landscapes, buildings, and colors. Everything seems to have a symbolic meaning, but it seems to be so strong that no one really tries to look at what is going on behind those beautiful words. If you dig deeper you will discover that hidden under those texts there are almost, at best, shamelessness. In Nick's "perception" of the events in the last four chapters, this symbolism is exaggerated, especially in the scene where Gatsby kisses Daisy and the scene where Gatsby dies.