In the novel, The Great Gatsby, a major idea for the first half of the book was definitely the mysteriousness. Many of the characters seem to hold some kind of mystery to them. Whether this be about their past or their present. A major character that is surrounded my a cloud of mysteriousness is Gatsby. Nick first becomes involved with the mystery that is Gatsby at one of his parties, after hearing of this man he asks Jordan. “where is he from. I mean? And what does he do?” Though these were questions that she, nor most anybody else, would be able to answer. Gatsby kept his past so well concealed that the only thing people knew about him were the different stories they 'd heard only from one another. Another character that is surrounded