In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the reader is introduced to a character named Gatsby. At the beginning of the book, you learn that Gatsby is a rich man who lives in West egg where people with “new money” live. In The Great Gatsby, the reader gets to see Gatsby’s mysterious facade, his changing personality, and his motivation that shows he is stuck in the past. Gatsby is a mysterious person and nobody seems to know anything about his past life. Even when he has parties every Saturday and hundreds of people show up, none of them could tell you his past and be sure that it was the truth. At some of these parties, the guests share some rumors about Gatsby with the other guests. Some of them believe he has killed a man, or that he was
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At the beginning of the story, he was a polite person who seemed to prefer to be by himself and as one of the party guests said “he doesn’t want trouble with nobody” (pg 43). Gatsby always seemed to be picking his words very carefully and tried to prevent trouble from brewing. He doesn’t want anybody to have a bad impression of him and tries to make sure that everyone stays happy. Finding the solutions to problems before they get out of hand. In example, one of the guests ripped her dress at her party and Gatsby ended up sending another expensive gown sent to her. The parties show this as well, because he lets anybody come, invited or not. Another time, Gatsby and Nick were talking and to make sure that Nick didn’t get the wrong idea, Gatsby told him a bit of his past to clear things up. His change of personality started once he met Daisy, near the end of the book. Nick notices that “only gradually did I become aware that the automobiles which turned expectantly into his drive stayed for just a minute and then drove sulkily away” (pg 113). Nick see’s that people that were once welcomed to come and stay whenever, were now being pushed away. The weekly parties also stopped and his house no longer was filled with light. Gatsby had fired and replaced all his servants and didn’t seem to care what others thought of him at this point. To him, the fact was he was happy that he had
At the beginning of the story, he was a polite person who seemed to prefer to be by himself and as one of the party guests said “he doesn’t want trouble with nobody” (pg 43). Gatsby always seemed to be picking his words very carefully and tried to prevent trouble from brewing. He doesn’t want anybody to have a bad impression of him and tries to make sure that everyone stays happy. Finding the solutions to problems before they get out of hand. In example, one of the guests ripped her dress at her party and Gatsby ended up sending another expensive gown sent to her. The parties show this as well, because he lets anybody come, invited or not. Another time, Gatsby and Nick were talking and to make sure that Nick didn’t get the wrong idea, Gatsby told him a bit of his past to clear things up. His change of personality started once he met Daisy, near the end of the book. Nick notices that “only gradually did I become aware that the automobiles which turned expectantly into his drive stayed for just a minute and then drove sulkily away” (pg 113). Nick see’s that people that were once welcomed to come and stay whenever, were now being pushed away. The weekly parties also stopped and his house no longer was filled with light. Gatsby had fired and replaced all his servants and didn’t seem to care what others thought of him at this point. To him, the fact was he was happy that he had