Sicilia Sayers 3/16/2023 1A Survey of American Literature The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an interesting novel. Short yet complex, the text depicts the story of a rich man that wants to belong. Jay Gatsby built most of his personality around how other people perceive him although, underneath the facade, he is still James Gatz, a poor farm boy. The development of Gatsby’s character demonstrates that perhaps though we can try to change who we are, we will always still be the same person we were to begin with. Ever since we met Gatsby we see that his identity had been shaped around being an eventual socialite. Within the book, we get to see what Gatsby's plan was before he met Daisy. He was set on a path to affluence. As shown by Gatsby when he met Dan Cody. After meeting Daisy he does everything to prove himself worthy to her. Once we meet him in the book we see how this shapes his …show more content…
When he comes back from oxford to be together once again with Daisy she's already married and off on her honeymoon with Tom. This one moment tumbles into an obsession. Daisy became his obsession trying to get back what he could have had. He became stuck on this idea of him and Daisy being the ideal couple instead of trying to go find someone else who made him happy. An example of this is when Daisy, even though they had barely gotten together, still fought for him against her husband when he accused him of being a bootlegger. Your quote here. After this, we got to see Gatsby slowly start to realize how different his reality was from his fantasies and everything fell apart. He reacted by “‘I wouldn’t ask too much of her,’ I ventured. ‘You can’t repeat the past.’ ‘Can’t repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’” (The Great Gatsby). Even though Daisy didn't love him he still cared about her because he was obsessed with