“The Great Gatsby” is a wonderful novel showing us the type of drama that happened over a century ago in the golden city of New York. Jay Gatsby, the generous man of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," is a character shaped by various identity factors that prove that he has a complex mind. From his origins to his self-made wealth, Gatsby's identity is influenced by his love for the American Dream, his obsession with the past, and his desire for social acceptance. Gatsby's love for the American dream is one of the reasons he worked so hard to become a millionaire. His desire for the American dream was the reason he is doing everything he can do to be with Daisy. In the novel Daisy says, “His name was Jay Gatsby and I didn’t lay eyes on him again for over four years—even after I’d met him on Long Island I didn’t realize it was the same man.” This shows that Gatsby during the after the war, did everything in his power to make himself shine in the spotlight and to attract Daisy to him. …show more content…
Gatsby’s obsession with the past has a lot to do with him as a person. He is always thinking about when he and Daisy were together before WWI, giving Gatsby a lot of social anxiety because he only wants Daisy. She was the only person who was actually nice to him before he became wealthy. Gatsby in the book said, "Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously, he said. Why of course you