Great Gatsby Characterization

The novel The Great Gatsby is written by an American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was published in 1925. This work points out the life of cast of characters living in fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on 24 September 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, created three main characters- Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan and Nick Carraway and showed us his conception of America in the 1920s. The Great Gatsby is told entirely through Nick’s eyes; his thoughts and perceptions shape and colour the story. The story shows us the endless ocean of love of Gatsby to one woman who he met five years ago. But then they had to separate after Jay 's secession on war. During their seclusion Daisy got

Nick was the only one who received the card. “I had been actually invited. A chau eur in a uniform of robin’s egg blue crossed my lawn early that Saturday morn- ing with a surprisingly formal note from his employer—the honor would be entirely Gatsby’s, it said, if I would attend his ‘little party’ that night. He had seen me several times and had intended to call on me long before but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it—signed Jay Gatsby in a majestic hand.”(Pg 45-46) We are witnesses of the great parties every weekend for free. He makes sure that everybody feels comfortable and gives them feel they are important for that society exactly by the luxury parties where everybody means something maybe just for an

One of them which we can notice in the story is dispassionate. Whatever he does, he stays calm. He express no emotions so it is hard to fasten what he thinks. Maybe it is contemplation of the author who wants him to stay enigmatic for us. Just once author allowed Jay to express, in this case, his anger which he feels. It was after assertion from Daisy who admitted that she also loved Tom, not just Jay what he hoped so. In this scene his emotions break out and he showed all the attendants what he hide for a long time. “‘Of course it matters. I’m going to take better care of you from now on.’ -‘You don’t understand,’ said Gatsby, with a touch of panic.…...That unfamiliar yet recognizable look was back again in Gatsby’s face.“ (Pg 142-143) No one of them does not dissemble their