Jay Gatsby through most of the book has a very alluding personality but in his behavior to the general public is incredibly charismatic and well spoken. Our first glimpse of him is in Chapter two when he stands on his dock reaching out into the the distance towards what Nick sees as a green light on the other side of the bay. The mysterious behavior at the start of the novel sets the scene for the reader's perception of Gatsby's personality that their is a mystery to him and he is longing for something since he was reaching out into the bay for something. When Nick meets Gatsby at the party he acts very suave as he conversed with Nick as if they were old friends. Gatsby also stood at the top of the stairs at the same party and simply looked …show more content…
When Gatsby is finally able to met with Daisy his true personality begins to arise and the persona that he held starts to deteriorate. The reader is able to see that he is emotionally and almost mentally unstable because of his obsession with Daisy which basically took over his entire life as shown when you learn that he spent the last five years of his life trying to become the man he believed would be up to her standards. He survived over the last few years of his life by holding onto the dream of being with Daisy even though he had learned that she was married and had a child. Daisy’s very presence changes Gatsby's personality which is shown when he is waiting for Daisy at Nick’s house and is a constant state of anxiety due to being nervous and even goes as far as to walk out into the rain when Daisy arrives. This shows the reader that he has a fragile constitution specifically with Daisy when compared to how he acted in the being of the book. One part of the book that sums up his overbearing need to impress to win Daisy back is when he he gives them of tour of the house and lists off of the expensive and luxurious parts of his