In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the character responsible for the death of Jay Gatsby remains a mystery. The Great Gatsby, set in the 1920s, recollects the story of a man, Nick Carraway, and his experience as Jay Gatsby’s neighbor. Gatsby throws extraordinary parties in order to catch the attention of his love interest, Daisy Buchanan, who he once dated and happens to be Nick’s cousin. However, Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, but he is cheating on Daisy with Myrtle Wilson. When Nick brings Daisy to one of Gatsby’s parties, Gatsby and Daisy begin to rekindle their relationship, yet it is more one sided than mutual.
He follows Gatsby around, whose dream is to be reunited with Daisy Buchanan, the girl he lost five years back. Gatsby’s dream leads him from being at the brink of poverty to wealthy. Jay Gatsby was a mysterious man, a dreamer, and a liar. From letting his emotions get the best of him, Gatsby never moved on from Daisy which ultimately lead to his death.
Tom also was angry at Gatsby for having an affair with Daisy, His wife. Tom Buchanan was an arrogant, wealthy, manipulative, and abusive person. Tom exhibited these characteristics throughout the book, which resulted to Jay Gatsby's death. Tom was the one who discovered Gatsby's past as a bootlegger, which led to daisy knowing the source of his money and ultimately influenced her decision to leave Gatsby and return to Tom. This began a chain of events that led to Gatsby's death.
While George was the man that ended Gatsby's life and the man who ended up pulling the trigger, Tom plays a huge role in planning the events leading up to Gatsby's death. Tom’s manipulation, recklessness and actions created a chain of events that led to the death of Gatsby. It is 100% a fact that he holds the responsibility for the death of Jay Gatsby. In chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan manipulates Daisy and Gatsby by bringing up Gatsby's background and true character.
Wealth and greed can easily change a person’s lives. One of the major changes is that you can destroy your life in a way that can affect your decisions in the future. Just like how Tom and Daisy are, in The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, that follows Jay Gatsby, a man who orders his life around one desire: to be reunited with Daisy Buchanan, the love he lost five years earlier. Gatsby's quest leads him from poverty to wealth, into the arms of his beloved, and eventually to death.
Jay Gatsby was obsessed with Tom’s wife Daisy. Before Jay went to war and Tom met Daisy Jay and Daisy dated and intended on getting married. Sadly Jay was out of the country longer than expected and Daisy met and married Tom Buchanan. If Tom loses all of his money he will be nothing. Tom may have gone to a good college but he has no workplace experience and his polo career isn't going to be going anywhere due to his body size and his skill.
In The Great Gatsby, Mr. Gatz, Jay Gatsby’s or Jimmy Gatz’s father is sad about his son's untimely death and talks about who Jimmy was. Mr. Gatz thought that if “he’d lived” Gatsby would’ve been a great man “like James J. Hill” helping “build up the country” with his “brain power” (Fitzgerald 129). Gatsby using his intelligence to create a persona of new money to impress Daisy causes his own death because rather than using his smarts for good, he used them for a gain unrealized and not good for himself. Furthermore, because Gatsby was faking his personality, he could cause his own demise by letting others know about his true self. In the fifth chapter of the Great Gatsby, Jay demonstrates his impatient deposition whilst waiting for Daisy to come to have tea.
Through his direct actions later in the book the audience is able to realize that although Jay Gatsby seems to be in control he has unrealistic expectations and views of life. Jay Gatsby expects that once he rekindles the flame that he once had with Daisy that she will leave Tom Buchanan to be with him. He believes that once he has the wealth that Daisy desires, he'll be able take her away from the life that she had established for herself for many years. Although Daisy agrees to have an affair with Gatsby she ultimately will never leave Tom, a factor that Gatsby refuses to accept. Both Tigger and Jay Gatsby are portrayed as lively characters who have the tendency to have delusional fantasies and aggressive instincts.
In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is a wealthy man obsessed with Daisy, driven by the desire to win back her love and pretend that they were never separated. In order to achieve this, Gatsby has created a character for himself that he thinks is the best man for Daisy and sticks to this persona with little regard to the damage caused by it. His relentless pursuit of Daisy is fueled by his belief that material wealth and social status are the keys to winning her back, so Gatsby thinks he has to truly change himself to draw her attention. These changes to Gatsby and the way he thinks of himself are revealed by the distinct diction choice. These changes and his obsession with changing the past ultimately lead to his downfall, as he becomes consumed by his own delusions and
Dominik Semeniuk Mrs. Armstrong ENG 4 C 1 2 April 2024 Gatsby: The Dream Chaser. The character Jay Gatsby in Fitzgerald’s, “The Great Gatsby,” is one heck of a character. Gatsby’s many flaws and character traits create varying opinions for his readers.
James Gatz, otherwise known as Jay Gatsby, born into nothing but an old farm, began his legacy in his mind at an early age. When he turned sixteen, Gatz made a reckless, but also courageous, decision to abandon his family in search of a better life. Most people can agree that Gatsby’s reputation as a wealthy individual was not a team effort. His success came from hard work, pure grit, and determination. Jay Gatsby built everything he had from scratch earning the title of “a self-made man.”
Firstly, being selfless and accommodating to others needs and wants is not something that the society in this time period can be proud of. Daisy, Tom and Gatsby develop the trait of selfishness in many ways throughout the novel. Daisy Buchanan is a wealthy woman who lives in the East egg and is married to Tom Buchanan. Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, Jordan and Nick all go to town when Tom and Gatsby break into an argument because Tom finds out that Gatsby and Daisy are having an affair. Gatsby tells Tom the truth about Daisy and himself because Tom bombards him with questions when he says, “’She never loves you, do you hear?’
Several people may assume that selfishness is both unhealthy and wrong. A selfish person usually puts his own needs before the needs of other people. Selfish people need to be able to draw the line between when they need to worry about themselves, or when they should be concerned about other people. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, in the view of Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, it is evident that the nature of man is showing selfishness through cruelty, greed, and manipulation. Cruelty is just one way that the nature of man shows selfishness.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby main character, Jay Gatsby develops in many ways. Jay Gatsby’s mysteriousness, loving nature towards others, and boldness towards other changes at a wide span throughout the book. All of these lead to his death by gunshot. All of these areas that Gatsby changes in make Tom more suspicious of him. He then tells his former lover’s husband that Gatsby killed his wife because Tom is upset with Gatsby.
The Tragic Side It is believed tragedy is the cause of devastation. Many may not know what a tragedy is, or know what classifies as one. A Tragedy is an awful incident that should not have taken place because at least one person is always hurt. One thing to remember is every tragedy has a fatal flaw which could be almost anything desired in your mind. Subjects such as selfishness are a main cause especially in this book.
