In the short novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby proves to be a static character through the entire book. Within The Great Gatsby, we learn that Jay Gatsby is a dreamer, that he is motivated, and that he can become very easily manipulated. Gatsby had been proven to be a static character because from start to finish he doesn’t change; from the beginning Gatsby is just as idealistic, motivated, and easily manipulated as he is in the end of the story.
Throughout the book, Fitzgerald makes it extremely clear that Jay Gatsby is madly in love with Daisy Buchanan. As a character, Gatsby shows that he believes in dreams; he is so idealistic that he believes it would be impossible not to win Daisy over. To Jay Gatsby, anything is a possibility. …show more content…
From his rags to riches success story, to his dedication to become wealthy enough, smart enough, and polite enough for Daisy, it is evident that Jay Gatsby is motivated. As everyone knows, Gatsby throws the most wonderful parties; they are filled with laughter, food, and joy but the real reason for the parties is because of Daisy. When Nick gets daisy to see Gatsby, Nick had a revelation as to what gatsby had been doing all along, “It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way” (96). The money, the success story, the education, the house, the parties; they had all been for Daisy. Gatsby had been dedicated to fulfilling his goal to win over Daisy and he wasn’t going to stop until he had accomplished it. He had motivated himself to become the man he was today. As the reader learns later on from Nick, “His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people... So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to his conception, he was faithful to the end” (98). From the age of seventeen, Jay Gatsby was motivated to become wealthy, educated, and powerful. Lastly, when Gatsby is watching over Daisy to make sure she is safe, Nick asks, “‘How long are you going to wait?’ ‘All night, if
Throughout the book, Fitzgerald makes it extremely clear that Jay Gatsby is madly in love with Daisy Buchanan. As a character, Gatsby shows that he believes in dreams; he is so idealistic that he believes it would be impossible not to win Daisy over. To Jay Gatsby, anything is a possibility. …show more content…
From his rags to riches success story, to his dedication to become wealthy enough, smart enough, and polite enough for Daisy, it is evident that Jay Gatsby is motivated. As everyone knows, Gatsby throws the most wonderful parties; they are filled with laughter, food, and joy but the real reason for the parties is because of Daisy. When Nick gets daisy to see Gatsby, Nick had a revelation as to what gatsby had been doing all along, “It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way” (96). The money, the success story, the education, the house, the parties; they had all been for Daisy. Gatsby had been dedicated to fulfilling his goal to win over Daisy and he wasn’t going to stop until he had accomplished it. He had motivated himself to become the man he was today. As the reader learns later on from Nick, “His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people... So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to his conception, he was faithful to the end” (98). From the age of seventeen, Jay Gatsby was motivated to become wealthy, educated, and powerful. Lastly, when Gatsby is watching over Daisy to make sure she is safe, Nick asks, “‘How long are you going to wait?’ ‘All night, if