How Does Fitzgerald Use Characterization In The Great Gatsby

Have you ever read a book and found yourself in the same exact position as the leading character? Everything the author writes about has a purpose. Many authors write to a specific group of people through combining the real world to literature by using conflicts, characterization, and narration.

F. Scott Fitzgerald used characterization in The Great Gatsby to convey the way that Jay Gatsby feels about his love for Daisy. Gatsby's character is built up by sadness due to unrequited love with Daisy. In the book there is a part where Gatsby opens up to his friends and tells them about his past feelings with Daisy. This is when Gatsby’s vulnerability is revealed. Fitzgerald also uses actions to show us Gatsby's anguish. Gatsby tells Nick Carraway “ Everything I do is for my love Daisy, I threw enormous parties hoping that one day I could get her attention and she would remember me.” Fitzgerald explains to the readers the past relationship between Daisy and Gatsby and all his persistent …show more content…
The Great Gatsby first caught my attention when i realized the story behind the words.Many books are wrote about love, The Great Gatsby is about a twisted love story between two men and one woman. The story spoke to me through Gatsby's point of view. The feeling of being in love with someone one day, then the next day it all falls apart and there is nothing you could do, knowing that everything you had with them was been forgotten, realizing that they are doing better without you while you're struggling just to see them and that's what kills you, i know those emotions because I went through the same thing. Jay Gatsby has been in love with Daisy but when he finds out she is in love with someone else and has forgot all about him, he destroys himself. He makes it his goal to one day get her back, no matter what he has to do. Fitzgerald brought me into the story by connecting me to Gatsby through both of our