Jay Gatsby

There are many unique characters in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I could relate to all of them within my life, but the one I least identify with would be Jay Gatsby. There are many reasons why I picked Gatsby as my character to least identify with, one reason would be, he is living in his own “fake” dream while I am living in the real world. Another reason would include the fact that Gatsby is rich and I am not. The final reason would be Gatsby himself and his friends do Illegal things that

“The Great Gatsby” Jay Gatsby is a very wealthy man with a lot of sense. He came from a poor family and turned himself into a self-made wealthy man. Gatsby always has guests at his house but no one ever really knows who he is. Gatsby is outspoken, mischievous, and elegant. Gatsby is outspoken about everything and is not afraid to show it. This can be something that a person may love or hate about him. He never sugar coats things, instead he tells them exactly like they are. Gatsby is very outspoken

Death of Jay Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is the embodiment of the American dream, oozing essences of wealth, power, and popularity amidst the 1920s. However, Gatsby’s power, unknown to most, is merely a facade--a facade built by the power of Aristotle’s ethos; it is his embodiment of the utmost perfect and morally construct man. Down to his diction, his wealth, and his education, Gatsby persuades countless people with his educated persona. Gatsby holds willpower

The ambitious Jay Gatsby, goes through major changes affecting his physical, psychological and his philosophical state. Initially, Gatsby is established as a charming, gracious, and slightly mysterious, dreamer. As he begins to change, his sole purpose in everything he has done in his adult life has been with the drive of fulfilling the most unrealistic of dreams - to recapture the past. Gatsby is in many ways, great, but when looking at him critically, some of the things he stands for may not be

The True Killer of Jay Gatsby Jay Gatsby lies dead, sprawled across the floatie in his pool. But whose fault is it when the question question of responsibility comes up? At the end of the story The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby, formerly known as James Gatz, is murdered. George Wilson is the gunman who took Gatsby's and his own life at the end of the story. However, is Wilson really to blame for Gatsby's death? With many people in the story who affect his life and his decisions

successful life is captured in Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby. The character that best portrays trying to achieve their American dream would be Jay Gatsby himself. For Gatsby, the American dream was to climb the rigorous social ladder to have enough wealth to impress his love, Daisy, and recreate the past where he can rekindle the love he and Daisy once had because he wishes to obtain Daisy’s love once again. In a way, Gatsby is successful in their pursuit of the American Dream because

The Lying Jay Gatsby of The Great Gatsby      Throughout the novel, Jay Gatsby explains the type of character he is, through his lies. Gatsby acts out to be a man who has it all. The only item missing from Gatsby’s life is love. Love is the only true key to happiness with out it you are lost. Gatsby goes all out to be loved even if it means lying.      Gatsby shows his love, to the love of his life Daisy, who is in love with another man named Tom. Tom and Daisy are married, but Tom is having

“He’s just a man named Gatsby.” (48) James Gatz or better known as Jay Gatsby, there was no official superlative his name until Nick Carraway added one. Gatsby only got the title of ‘great’ because Nick felt that he was obligated to do so. Being the only one who could make sense of conflict, Nick ended up with the burden of truth behind all three of the deaths that occurred in the story. As a result, he was able to see the unfair circumstances at which Gatsby had died. In addition, Nick, being partially

Jay Gatsby is a man of his heart, he is self determined from a young age to the gain wealth he possess. He comes from a family of poverty and hardship which is where his motivation to gain wealth resonates from. Gatsby exemplifies the success of the American Dream, but he has more fundamental personal dream and that is to get Daisy back. Ever since Gatsby had returned from the war he has wanted to reconcile with daisy and make up for the time lost. One of the weaknesses that Gatsby withholds is that

of Water on Jay Gatsby: A Boat Pushed Back Against the Current In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the motif of water is prevalent throughout the entirety of the story, seen frequently when Jay Gatsby, a prominent character, is present. Gatsby is a rich man who lives on the same island in New York as the main character Nick Carraway, who has just moved from the West in order to pursue a career in bonds. His cousin, Daisy, lives across the bay from the houses of Nick and Gatsby with her husband