Literary Analysis Of The Great Gatsby

The Worth of Gatsby In the beginning of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, we hear of a mysterious character by the name of Gatsby, Jay Gatsby. Nick Carraway, the narrator of the story, writes about his neighbor, a fabulously wealthy man and host of West Egg’s legendary parties in an admirable way. “Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn” (Fitzgerald) In the last chapters of the book, we are left with three dead bodies, one of which belongs to Gatsby. Before this was to happen Nick, felt compelled to leave his neighbor's house with a statement. Nick’s assertion that Gatsby is worth more than “the whole damn bunch put together” is supported by Gatsby’s purer motives and actions throughout the novel. Primarily, Gatsby

For years, Gatsby had illegally acquired his money at risk of prosecution, simply out of his aspiration to repeat the past; to erase the last five years to before Daisy’s mistake of marrying Tom and to provide for her materialistic “needs”. During the Prohibition, men saw an opportunity to earn profit and live “a high life” but despite being one of the richest men in the city, money had mattered least to him. He bought a magnificent house directly across the bay from hers. He reaches for the green light on her dock because he has associated it with her, and wants to feel closer. Gatsby threw huge, marvelous parties that thousand of guests would attend, hoping one day she’d wander in. He arguable did this for very humble reasons which can be backed up by the fact no one knew who he, ‘'the mysterious Gatsby,” was. He never made himself known and didn’t want the praise that would come if he did. Like Jordan Baker said, “... I like large parties. They’re so intimate...” (Fitzgerald) He’d rather weasel his way through the sweaty, drunken bodies, searching for his love or someone that knew of her. He had also never pursued her, not until they were reunited and he could no longer hold his passion. Then of course, the event of Chapter 7. When Gatsby violently lashed out at Tom An extremely emotional Daisy asks to drive. Her emotions make reckless, causing her to run over and kill Tom’s mistress. Gatsby without a second