Nick and Gatsby’s Quest In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the thematic quest for the Holy Grail is shown through the conduct of Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway. Gatsby’s crusade is to attain Daisy Buchanan’s love. While Nick’s quest is to discover what matters in life and to live his life accordingly. Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby are on a voyage to uncover something that will better …showed first 75 words of 631 total…

…showed last 75 words of 631 total…our two-grail seekers. As the legend goes, only those pure of heart are able to obtain the grail. Since Gatsby tried to obtain his goal in an evil way his quest ended in tragedy, while Nick’s ends in a respectful fashion because of his pureness of heart. Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby idealized their perfect self-image but ended up empty handed. The way that you go about accomplishing your dream or quest does matter.