Without a Name

So, I have yet to learn the narrator’s name; therefore, assume that the “he” used throughout this particular blog entry refers to this unnamed narrator.  In the opening of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald paints the life of this man whose life has a sort of transparent quality to it.  To specify, many aspects or happenings in his life acquire a temporary sentiment.  For example, the man who was supposed to live with him in the city leaves; he had a dog, a car, and a girl.  Apparently, none of these things hold much significance for him; however, the audience quickly learns what is important to him: being a leader.  He receives some sort of rush from being viewed as a man who has the answers.  I think this rush initiates a craving for more that will lead him to attempt to abandon his current average-joe life.  When describing the location of his home, he says, it “was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, and it have been overlooked,” (Fitzgerald, 5)  I feel as if this could utilized as an explanation for his life as well.  His life is not as shiny and glamorous as all the others but that doesn’t seem to bother anyone because his life is somewhat insignificant to them.