Jordan Baker In The Great Gatsby

In Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, we see that the character of Jordan Baker is quite different from other women of her time. She has beliefs and values that are radically different from everybody else's. Through her actions, it is clear that she represents the emergence of a different type of woman -- one who is self sufficient -- in the 1920's. Fitzgerald uses this individual to symbolize the changing ways of life in America.

One of the biggest characters in the book The Great Gatsby is of course, Jay Gatsby. At first sight, Gatsby comes off as a very mysterious individual, possibly hiding many secrets. A very rich young man who throws regular parties, is anonymous to most of his visitors and has no motive what so ever is very unusual. The truth unfolds later about his intentions, but at the beginning of the book, the reader is basically left hanging, confused as to what Gatsby really wants. He comes off as a person that's coming from a high social class, but not everything is what it seems. Often, people tend to judge someone by first glance, because it's easy to make an impression when you see someone for the first time. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed Gatsby's

In The Great Gatsby, a novel by F.Scott Fitzgerald, the author mentions a man named Jay Gatsby. He explains Gatsby’s life, struggles, and accomplishments. When Gatsby was young he fell madly in love with Daisy Buchanan, but after a few months Gatsby had to go off to war. He told Daisy to wait for him. Daisy loved Gatsby as well, but since Gatsby was poor she didn’t want to wait for him; therefore she married Tom Buchanan under the influence of money. Tom cheated on Daisy, ruining his relationship with her. When Gatsby came back into her life he was a rich man, who made her doubt herself about her marriage, and caused her to make some decisions. In The Great Gatsby shallow and superficial people destroy relationship, when they put material matter before anyone else.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is filled with many characters with different personalities. Jay Gatsby one of the main characters, though mysterious, he is determined to live his “American Dream”. The relationship Gatsby has with Daisy also affects the way he is. There are many different layers to Gatsby, and as we learn more about him everything starts to make more sense and fall into place. Jay Gatsby is portrayed as a mysterious figure in the beginning of the novel.

Not only is Jay Gatsby somewhat lacking in depth but there are also aspects of Jay (Jay’s actions?) that call into question his actions (motivations?). Gatsby’s money did not come from any inheritance, as he wants others to believe, but from organized crime. Participating in illegal affairs for money is not an attribute usually popular among traditional heroes in literature. It is also inferred that Gatsby makes his great profit from selling liquor illegally during Prohibition. In addition to both of these situations, Jay only became friends with Nick when he found out that Nick was Daisy’s cousin. Nick believes because of the “purity” of Gatsby’s intentions there is not fault in his pursuit when Gatsby first tells him of his intentions where Daisy is concerned. Everything Gatsby does, every purchase he makes, every party he throws, is all part of his grand scheme to bring Daisy back into his life for good. At the beginning of the story this is a lovely romantic gesture. The reality, however, of Gatsby is that he perpetuates a childish illusion into adulthood. By being so focused on his dream of Daisy, Gatsby slides further and further into a fantasy world that doesn’t exist in 1920’s America. His inability to deal with reality makes him exceedingly blind to the needs and potential

Jay Gatsby, the title character of The Great Gatsby, is really not all that the title might suggest. First of all, his real name is James Gatz. He changed it in an effort to leave behind his old life as a poor boy and create an entirely new identity. He is also a liar and a criminal, having accumulated his wealth and position by dishonest means. But he is still called ‘great,’ and in a sense he is. Gatsby is made great by his unfaltering hope, and his determination to live in a perfect world with Daisy and their perfect love. Gatsby has many visible flaws—his obvious lies, his mysterious way of avoiding straight answers. But they are shadowed over by his gentle smile and his visible hunger for an ideal future. The coarse and playful Jay

In the beginning of this novel everyone seems to know, or at least have heard, about Gatsby. He is talked about a lot and it is manly in a good way. Gatsby appears to be a very powerful person who also has a lot of respect from people. He has a very strange and kind of mysterious personality. For example when he has his party’s, usually on

Jay Gatsby, the title character of the novel is an incredibly wealthy young man, living in a medieval mansion in West Egg on an imaginary area of Long Island. Gatsby has many laudable traits. For example, he is filled with optimism and the ability to transform his dreams into reality. Jay is also extremely faithful to his true love, Daisy Buchanan, even to the point of death. When we first meet Gatsby, he is the aloof host of the fantastically opulent parties thrown every weekend at his mansion. It appears he is surrounded by wondrous luxury and is courted by beautiful women and the rich and powerful men of the time. Jay is also a very admirable character due to his status of wealth and being a hero of War World I, “In the Argonne Forest I took two machine gun detachments so far forward that there was half a mile gap on either side… I was promoted to be a major, and every Allied government gave me a decoration- even Montenegro”. However, Nick who narrates the book views Gatsby as a flawed man who is dishonest, deceitful, a liar, and a dreamer whom is searching for answers in the past, “he talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself, perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy… if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was…”

According to Cynthia Wu, no matter how many critical opinions there are on The Great Gatsby, the book basically deals with Gatsby's dream and his illusions (39). We find out from the novel that Jay Gatsby is not even a real person but someone that James Gatz invented. Wu also tells us that Gatsby has illusions that deal with romance, love, beauty, and ideals (39). Wu also points out that Gatsby's illusions can be divided into four related categories: he came from a rich upper class family, a never ending love between him and Daisy, money as the answer to every problem, and reversible time. Through Nick's narrations we can really see who this Jay Gatsby is and the reality to his illusions, and from this we can make our own decision

Early in the book, the character Jay Gatsby, is introduced as a dreamer who is gracious, charming, and a bit mysterious. As the novel progresses we also learn that Gatsby is a self-made man who achieved the American Dream of rising up from the lower classes to the top of society. But to Gatsby, the desire for Daisy and love proves more powerful than money. Something that shows his obsession of her, is this example.

First off, Jay Gatsby comes off as a nice man who throws huge, florid parties and lets everyone come over even if he doesn’t know who they are. He seems mysterious, reticent, and rather elegant but know one knows who he once was. Gatsby was in the war as everyone knew, but no one knew his secret love. He didn’t get rich in a correct way but more so a corrupt way. He sold fake bonds and was a bootlegger and did it all for one girl. The light at the end of her dock was glowing green brightly and he would stare at it from his, reaching for

Jay Gatsby is a wealthy individual living in the posh area of West Egg and throws lavish parties, to which Nick Carraway is invited. At the party, Nick Carraway is inundated with various rumors of Gatsby’s becoming a wealthy man-- rumors of him being a murderer, an Oxford man, or a German spy. Once Nick meets Gatsby, however, he sees nothing but goodness within him, saying Gatsby had “one of those rare smiles” that had the ability to display “eternal reassurance” (48). Gatsby tries to befriend Nick by attempting to show him the “real Gatsby”, worried that Nick’s perception was based off of only rumors. One day, Nick and Gatsby travel to the city in order to have lunch with Gatsby’s close friend. While going there Nick observes Gatsby’s behaviour,

He is different because he doesn't talk with people, he's all alone unless he's with someone who works fo him.

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is told from the perspective of one of the main characters, Nick Carraway. Nick tells the story of a man named Jay Gatsby, who is his neighbor in the West Egg. Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby as a man who everyone wants to know and copy but deep down are very envious of him. Gatsby trusts few people and those whom he trusts know his life story. To everyone else, he is a mystery. Everyone seems obsessed with Jay Gatsby. For this reason the novel revolves about rumors of Gatsby rather than the truth.

Secondly, Gatsby is a very mysterious character. Nick has been Gatsby’s neighbor, or so he thinks, and has never met him. Nick says “It was Gatsby’s mansion, or, rather, as I didn’t know Mr. Gatsby, it was a mansion inhabited by a gentleman of that name” (5). This shows you that even Gatsby’s own neighbor does not even know who he is; which shows that Gatsby is mysterious. Later on, once he actually meets Gatsby, Nick goes on to say “I don’t like mysteries, and I don’t understand why you won’t come out frankly and tell me what you want. Why does it all have to come through Miss Baker?” (71). As expected, this frustrates Nick and gives him more reason to believe that Gatsby is mysterious and not trustworthy. Nick doesn’t understand why someone who seems to be his friend is hiding so much