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The Great Gatsby And Its Themes Great Gatsby and its Themes A good novel has a number of themes. The following are important themes of The Great Gatsby. The corruption of the American dream, sight and insight, the meaning of the past, and the education of a young man. The American Dream was based on the assumption that each person, no matter what his origins, could succeed in life on the sole basis of his …

…begins a period of reevaluation that leads to his eventual decision to return to the Middle West. In conclusion, The Great Gatsby is the story of Nick's initiation into life. His trip East gives him the education he needs to grow up. The novel can, therefore, be called a bildungsroman- the German word for a story about a young man. Nick, in a sense, writes The Great Gatsby to show us what he has learned.