Theme Of Mystery In The Great Gatsby

People generally see the unknown aspects of things as being mysterious. Interestingly, it is in human nature to be fascinated by mystery rather than be spooked by it. They therefore want to find out what hides behind the mask for the pure satisfaction of knowing what others do not. The character Jay Gatsby in “The Great Gatsby” novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald has an enigmatic character about him. He hides his identity and true character by being mysterious. Gatsby is all about isolation and seclusion, more so when it concerns his history and personal life. With the exception of Daisy and Nick, Gatsby cuts across as an observer to everyone else. He rather prefers to watch them than join them. In the novel, the aspect of mystery is not only apparent in Gatsby’s character but also in the concept of the “American Dream”. Jay Gatsby being an ideal invention of James Gatz, the former set about to curve out his own identity and in turn hide all there was to do with the latter. As such hiding Gatz required him to be as mysterious as he could possibly manage. This mystery impacted …show more content…
This is because Gatsby hides a secret past that he wishes no one to know. His true intentions are even impacts the way he acts, thinks as well as the things he does. For instance he throws his lavish parties which attract crowds of people who choose to attend out of curiosity yet are oblivious of the true intentions of the parties. However, the reason why he throws his huge house parties is just because he wants to attract Daisy. He hopes that she might hear of the parties one day or even catch a glimpse of the party’s glowing lights across the bay. The mystery of the parties’ host seems to be part of the hype within the crowd. Most of the guests even have ridiculous stories that they make up in an attempt to explain Gatsby’s mystery, “Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once,” (Fitzgerald