Jay Gatsby is one of the principal characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's great work entitled "The Great Gatsby." He is a rich and mysterious person whose reputation is at the center of the action and is equally respected and hated by the spectators, including Nick Carraway, who reports. One can see his transition from a typical person to the embodiment of an American dream and how easy it could be to fall from the summit. Gatsby's personality is complex and multiple; his relationship with other people around him is not always crystal clear. However, even though Fitzgerald uses his skill to create the characters and their peculiarities, readers can understand what Gatsby sees and why he is driven by these factors. In the first stages of the story, Gatsby is portrayed as a symbol of fame, …show more content…
Furthermore, the glittering surface of the care is only a metaphor for the story of sadness and disappointment provoked by Gatsby's unfounded aspiration dream. His background was that of James Gatz, a poor, unschooled, and altogether unknown character. His makeover reached this point through his willpower and determination. However, internally, he is still consumed by his bewildering history, and he is always seeking to regain a childhood sweetheart and the purity of his past. Gatsby’s fixation on the past is one of the most striking characteristics that his character exhibits. Buchanan is stuck in his relationship with Daisy Buchanan, whom he loved years ago but is now married to Tom Buchanan. The urgency with which Gatsby wants to revive the past is explicitly conveyed by telling us he asserts, “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!” (Fitzgerald 110). This quote was used to illustrate to us that Gatsby was in the act of turning back the hands of time and creating a better story for him and Daisy, but he was well aware that it could not be