Illusions and Reality in The Great Gatsby According to Cynthia Wu, no matter how many critical opinions there are on The Great Gatsby, the book basically deals with Gatsby's dream and his illusions (39). We find out from the novel that Jay Gatsby is not even a real person but someone that James Gatz invented. Wu also tells us that Gatsby has illusions that deal with romance, love, beauty, and ideals (39). Wu also points out that …showed first 75 words of 2916 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2916 total…a man that I really have a heart for and do sincerely feel sorry for because all he had was his illusions. Let's face it the man had only one friend and that was Nick. He is a man that needed so much more than he could have ever bought with his money. According to Dillon, even though Gatsby had so much missing he did have one greatness and that one greatness was his illusions (61).