Romantic Idealist What man can be a knight, a savior and a highly dignified man? Jay Gatsby, the title character, in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby can and is. Fitzgerald, using symbolic imagery, portrays Gatsby as a romantic idealist. Fitzgerald explicitly connects Gatsby to the Romantic Idealist as classically defined. A romantic is someone who uses the imagination, who has a strong sense of individuality, uniqueness and sometimes a quest, a goal for passion. Alternately …showed first 75 words of 1385 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1385 total…forgiven and not be stricken down for their sins. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby as a Romantic Idealist throughout the whole novel. He is a Knight who protects and searches for his grail. He is Christ who pays for other’s sins. And he is also a dreamer who strives for the impossible. All of this contributes to making him unique, an individual and helps him transcend reality. How else can a Romantic Idealist be?