An Analysis of Fitzgerald’s Multiple Personality from the Three Male Characters in The Great Gatsby

Abstract
The Great Gatsby is one of the best novels by American writer, F. Scott Fitzgerald, which tells the story about the break of Gatsby’s American dream and his love dream.     Based upon a detailed analysis of characterization of three men, the paper integrates Nick's unreliable narration and Tom’s representing identity, traces the link between characters. I point out their similarity with the writer’s personality and demonstrate that the three major male characters reflect the different aspects of Fitzgerald’s multiple personality.
Key words: multiple personality ; unreliable narrator ; symbolism ；Fitzgerald; The Great Gatsby
Contents
1. Introduction    1
1.1 Introduction of The Great Gatsby    1
1.2 Introduction of Fitzgerald    1
2. Demonstration    2
2.1 Gatsby and Fitzgerald’s similarities    2
2.1.1 Gatsby and Fitzgerald’s contradictory attitudes towards upper society    3
2.1.2 Gatsby pursuit and Fitzgerald’s for love    5
2.1.3 Gatsby and Fitzgerald’s final destinies    6
2.2 Nick and Fitzgerald’s hover    7
2.2.1 Nick’s contradictory attitude towards city life and Fitzgerald’s yearning and disappointment at Jazz Time    8
2.2.2 Nick and Fitzgerald’s final choices    9
2.3 Tom and Fitzgerald’s stand and fall    10
2.3.1 Tom’s ambition and hedonism and Fitzgerald’s expectation and sinking in fame and wealth    11
2.3.2 Tom and Fitzgerald’s final fates    12
3. Conclusion    12
Notes            14
Works Cited      15
Bibliography     16