The Great Gatling
The Great Gatling Introduction It's mentioned in the Great Gatsby that the titular Jay Gatsby fought in the Great War, and that the book's main character, Nick Carraway, fought in the war as well. Despite this similarity between them and their connection with each other in the book, Nick and Gatsby's response to life after the war could not be any more different. Nick's Perspective Nick is shown to come back to America after the war and seems to act like nothing changed, when he goes back to his normal life in the Midwest, he finds himself that he "enjoyed the counterraid so thoroughly that that I came back restless." (Fitzgerald, 3). By some miracle, Nick seemed to enjoy the Great War, almost having it serve as a motivator or inspiration for him that made him more energetic. The use of the word "thoroughly" especially sticks out here. War always has this connota...