In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is a very mysterious man who has an abundance of money ,but no one knows how he accumulated his vast amount of wealth. The wealthy people from both West and East Egg would come to his lavish parties to have the time of their lives and admire Gatsby’s house. Jay Gatsby is an interesting man with complex characteristics spanning from the self made man, the outcast, to the scapegoat. Jay Gatsby is a mystery for a while, we do not know much about him. Only the rumors spread about him by the guests that go to his parties. No one really knows anything about him because Gatsby tends to hide in the shadows during his parties. Eventually, Nick gets some information about Gatsby’s early life
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At each party Gatsby would lurk in the shadows hoping that Daisy would magically appear there. The guests were suspicious with Gatsby’s actions and because no one knew where he came from it caused many guests to speculate who exactly this Gatsby man is. People came up with the craziest ideas like Gatsby is a German spy, killed someone, is a bootlegger, and graduated from Oxford. The craziest rumor spread about Gatsby is when these two ladies are talking and one of them says “He killed a man who had found out that he was nephew to Von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil” (Fitzgerald 61). The isolation that Gatsby puts himself through causes people to misjudge him. All of this judging and gibberish did not get to Gatsby though. He was too focused on his goal of winning back Daisy his true love. Nick was told of Gatsby plan to finally see Daisy for the first time in five years and he says “ He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths-so that he could come over some afternoon to a stranger’s garden” (Fitzgerald 78). Gatsby has dedicated all his time over the last five years just so he could plan the perfect afternoon with Daisy. Gatsby put his whole life on hold making himself an outcast to society. Gatsby planned the perfect afternoon with Daisy ,but no matter what nothing would ever live up to the
At each party Gatsby would lurk in the shadows hoping that Daisy would magically appear there. The guests were suspicious with Gatsby’s actions and because no one knew where he came from it caused many guests to speculate who exactly this Gatsby man is. People came up with the craziest ideas like Gatsby is a German spy, killed someone, is a bootlegger, and graduated from Oxford. The craziest rumor spread about Gatsby is when these two ladies are talking and one of them says “He killed a man who had found out that he was nephew to Von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil” (Fitzgerald 61). The isolation that Gatsby puts himself through causes people to misjudge him. All of this judging and gibberish did not get to Gatsby though. He was too focused on his goal of winning back Daisy his true love. Nick was told of Gatsby plan to finally see Daisy for the first time in five years and he says “ He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths-so that he could come over some afternoon to a stranger’s garden” (Fitzgerald 78). Gatsby has dedicated all his time over the last five years just so he could plan the perfect afternoon with Daisy. Gatsby put his whole life on hold making himself an outcast to society. Gatsby planned the perfect afternoon with Daisy ,but no matter what nothing would ever live up to the