How Is Jay Portrayed In The Great Gatsby

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is portrayed in several different ways. He is sometimes is depicted as mysterious or enigmatic and sometimes even a murderer. But despite these realistic accusations, Gatsby had never killed a man and was not as mysterious as some had pegged him to be. He was instead an optimistic, arrogant, and spontaneous man who had a serious obsession with a girl from his past. These traits go hand in hand with the traits of an orange
The most important of Gatsby’s traits exhibited in The Great Gatsby was optimism. The hope that radiated off of Gatsby was to such an extent that some thought that he could be borderline delusional. This was solely due to his faith in his secret love affair with

If Daisy were to walk up to Gatsby and ask him to run away with her, he would not hesitate. He almost instantly pack up his things drop everything and everyone and leave. For Gatsby, money is not a problem so when given the opportunity to take a chance or go on an adventure he will take it. For instance, Gatsby once tried to go to an amusement park in the middle of the night, simply because he wanted to, he said to Nick, “‘Let's go to Coney Island old sports. In my car.’ ‘It’s too late’” (Fitzgerald 80). Gatsby just decided out of nowhere that he wanted to go to Coney Island, no matter how late was; ultimately proving his impromptu behavior. Another example of Gatsby’s spontaneity was when he insisted on the last day of summer that he would take a swim, only after his butler told him he was going to drain the pool. Fitzgerald writes, “‘I’m going to drain the pool today, Mr. Gatsby. Leaves’ll start falling pretty soon, and then there’s always trouble with the pipes.’ ‘Don’t do it today.’ Gatsby answered. He turned to me apologetically. ‘You know, old sport, I’ve never used that pool all summer” (153). Directly after this Gatsby went inside to put on his bathing suit and got in the pool. Without the orange characteristic of spontaneity and instinctive behavior, Gatsby would have lost almost all of his charm. Conclusively proving that the most fascinating thing about him, besides the accusation of him killing a