Ethical Hedonism in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s the Great Gatsby

Abstract

This aims of this study reflect about etchical hedonism in Jay Gatsby as main character
 in the novel which take place in New York 1920’s after First War.The researcher uses
 William Lillie’s ethical hedonism theory. Ethical hedonism is the way of thinking to
 achieve happiness in the middle of troublesome modern world. The purpose of ethical
 hedonism teory is to make everyone as happy as possible. The data are used in this
 novel are quotation between the characters. The ethical hedonism theory consists of
 egoistic hedonism and universalistic hedonism. The source of the data is the novel The
 Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This research is library research, with the
 data in the form of words, dialogues, and expression showed in the novel. The writer
 uses qualitative descriptive method, the writer collects data from so many sources
 included The Great Gatsby novel, journals, and books. The results of this study show
 that there are some impact that influenced by ethical hedonism, they are: (1) egoistic
 hedonism (2) universalistic hedonism (3) lifestyle (4) materialism, its reflected by the
 character quotation.