Examples Of Self-Reinvention In The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the famous novel The Great Gatsby from 1925 that millions still reference today. Many believe that through many of his keen details on color and the American Dream, being able to rise up no matter where you come from or how poor, that the novel follows a style that can relate to African American literary works. In an essay written by Meredith Goldsmith she says Jay Gatsby's success can only be described as series of racial analogies. Meaning having the ability to leave behind everything and to create a better self-definition. In her article "White Skin, White Mask: Passing, Posing, and Performing in The Great Gatsby" Goldsmith argues that Gatsby's self-reinvention may be similar to those of Harlem Renaissance and