Coparison between the waste land and The Great Gatsby?

Answer 1

First and foremost Gatsby is the Fisher King. Who in mythology and in Eliot's poem, resides over his waste land, which in the novel is the valley of ashes. Gatsby, like the Fisher King, is on a quest of sorts, in attaining the holy grail of Daisy. Throughout the poem words and phrases are similarly found in Gatsby and the wasteland, 'voice like money' 'hot hot hot.' Even scenes such as the young clerk. The trimalchio character too, that Fitzgerald thought to be so synonymous with Gatsby in his goldhatted way.

Answer 2

Both "The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot and "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald explore the disillusionment and emptiness of post-World War I society. While "The Waste Land" delves into the fragmentation of individuals and society in the aftermath of war, "The Great Gatsby" focuses on the corruption and materialism of the American Dream during the Jazz Age. Both works critique the moral decay and spiritual emptiness prevalent in their respective societies.