Thesis statement: In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby has the most damaging impact on the story’s events and supports the thematic statement, many obstacles stand in the way of the people truly being able to achieve The American Dream, best. Gatsby is the worst character in the novel because he’s the one to start all of this drama. He left Daisy FIVE years ago and thought he could walk in and have her back in her life without any complications. Not only did he want to break Tom and Daisy’s marriage, but he didn't know or care about the effects this would have on Daisy’s daughter. Source 7 shows Gatsby’s reaction to meeting Daisy's daughter for the first time,” Afterward Gatsby kept looking at the child with surprise as if he had never really believed in its existence before.”. When he first meets Daisy’s daughter, it reminds Gatsby that Daisy did have …show more content…
Instead, he chose to ignore the child's existence and continue striving for Daisy even though he knew he would be wrecking a child’s home. Others may argue that Gatsby could take Tom’s place and become a good father for this girl. Still, they forget that Gatsby is involved with shady people and has malicious tactics to make money, and it would be a demotion in the environment that she’ll have to grow up in. Others would argue that Tom is the worst character because he lied to George and told him that Gatsby killed Myrtle. However, some people say that he’s guilty by association, Gatsby could dig himself out of this hole, and clear his name by informing the authorities that Daisy was the one who hit Myrtle with his car, but instead, he took the brunt of the fall. Nonetheless, Gatsby is more damaging to the plot than Tom because he can manipulate Daisy, Nick, Jordan, and many