Jay Gatsby

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a story about the ultra-wealthy and their terrible morals. It delves into their world from the perspective of a newly rich and humble man. Fitzgerald undoubtedly based this book on his experiences with fame and money. Scott came from a middle class family and fell in love with a rich girl named Zelda. She loved him as well and they were engaged until she decided he would not be able to support her lavish lifestyle with his less than spectacular salary

they can achieve greatness. Jay Gatsby is one man who started with nothing and came to have millions. Gatsby meets this admirable girl, Daisy, and it is love at first sight. While Jay Gatsby is fighting in the war Daisy is heartbroken and end up marrying Tom Buchanan. Five years after Jay Gatsby returned from the war he buys the house across the water from Daisy. Gatsby is determined to rekindle their love and live happily ever after together. Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby do get back together for a

Jay Gatsby is a wealthy man from West Egg New York. Gatsby is known by everyone and is very famous for his extravagant and lavish parties. Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan first met in Daisy’s hometown of Louisville in 1917. Daisy’s best friend, Jordan Baker, described the time she caught the two kissing in Daisy’s car to Nick, explaining, “ They [Daisy and Gatsby] were so engrossed in each other that she didn’t see me until I was five feet away… The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in

In the book The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald argues Jay Gatsby is a tragic romantic hero rather than a gangster. Jay Gatsby is madly in love with Daisy. They first met each other at Daisy’s house back in Louisville during the war. During the war, Daisy did not know of Gatsby’s poverty. As a result of this, Daisy and Gatsby fall in love with each other because they do not have to worry about money or class. Deep down Gatsby knows he does not have a shot at marrying Daisy because he does not

Great Gatsby Is James Gatz, also known as Jay Gatsby truly great? Jay Gatz is born in North Dakota to a poor farming family. Jay Gatsby decides to leave the family to find his own adventure, hopefully living better than the rest of his family. Jay Gatsby goes into Lake Superior in a really bad storm to try and save Dan Cody, and that is when James Gatz decides to change his name to Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby starts all kinds of adventures throughout his life, including going to war. When Gatsby is stationed

life. Gatsby is great because of his determination, independence, and imagination. When Gatsby meets Daisy, he is in love at first sight. Jay is in military training at Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky when they first meet. Daisy comes from a very wealthy family, and had no idea that Gatsby is, in fact, very poor. This relationship would be acceptable for Daisy’s family, and Gatsby knows that. This motivates him to live the kind of lifestyle that the reader sees when he first meets Gatsby. Jay

The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby Jay Gatsby is the major character of the novel. He is young and he is very mysterious. Because no one knows where he comes from. He loves parties and money. He was born in the name "James Gatz" but he uses Jay Gatsby instead. He fell in love to a woman named Daisy Buchanan which i'll tell next. He was so in love with her because of this he would do everything to win Daisy. Nick Carraway Nick Carraway is from Minesota and educated at Yale. He is an open minded, tolerant

In our novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby has been a very suave, clean cut character but he is also very inscrutable. F. Scott Fitzgerald describes Gatsby when Nick meets him at a party in this excerpt: “His tanned skin was drawn attractively tight on his face and his short hair looked as though it were trimmed every day” (44). The unfulfilled character, Jay Gatsby, is described as a handsome, spiffy, and a perfectionist. Gatsby has shown to be a man who’s perfected appearance has dazzled the residents

The mystery of Jay Gatsby is the only thing that keep me intrigued at times where the long-winded descriptions and adjectives became a bit too much for me. I did not get the concept of the book at first because I thought everything from the beginning to the end would be told from Jay Gatsby's point of view. No one seemed to know anything factual about this man, yet everyone knew of him because of his wealth and lavish parties. I was surprised at how low key the book or rather the author introduced

The Mystery that was Jay Gatsby “I carry on a little business on the side, a sort of sideline, you understand” (Fitzgerald 87). In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, this is the closest Jay Gatsby comes to revealing how he actually made his fortune. And even here, he doesn’t reveal much, but Nick Carraway assumes it’s something illegal when Gatsby goes on to say, “It happens to be a rather confidential sort of thing” (Fitzgerald 88). Gatsby is a mysterious man. Because he is evasive and even