The Great Gatsby Character Development

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Through out the course of a novel, literary devices, themes, and characterizations mold the plot. Whether the development is negative or positive, it is needed nonetheless for a successful story. These devices contribute to how a character develops In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is characterized with unhealthy decisions and a deceptive past, ultimatley resulting in an unfourtunate death. Gatsby's desire to have the greater things in life has left him in a fantasized world. It is known that he did not have a great start into the world, but upon meeting a woman, his life changed. In the beginning of the novel, Gatsby's character is not fully known, the reader does not yet know how much of himself he has lost. Surrounding