Mr. Gatsby is the rich and lovestruck star of our show, he’s dedicated, and he’s one of Nick's best friends. The story begins with Nick seeing Gatsby as an enigmatic figure. Gatsby continues to provide a sense of luxury to Nick as his only view of the man is through his parties and his exotic guests and celebrities who visit. Nick described it as such “ There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the 3whisperings and the champagne and the stars.” (PG 43). Gatsby proves himself later on to be quite the romantic type, having an eye for Daisy. He met her when he was still in the military and he hoped to catch that flame yet again. The only issue was Tom, who he had a slight malice towards, was already married to daisy and thus proved a just obstacle in his way.
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After a night between the twos houses, they struck it off again. Gatsby requested to Daisy that she confess she didn't love Tom anymore and loved him instead. This lead to Tom arguing with Gatsby and Tom all at once shattering Gatsby's world view as he realized he has been living the equivalent of a lie for most of his life. After changing his name to Gatsby and meeting a rich yacht owner, he has always lived a rich reserved life, much different from his poor lifestyle of times past. In his past he was a drifter along the shore of the great Lake Superior. He dug for clams and worked for fishing boats to get along. One day he meets Dan Cody, the above mentioned yacht owner. Cody praises gatsby for his hard work and takes him under his wing. Nick thinks back thinking “I remember the portrait of him up in Gatsby’s bedroom, a grey, florid man with a hard empty face--the pioneer debauchee who during one phase of American life brought back to the eastern seaboard the savage violence of the frontier brothel and saloon” (PG 106.)
After a night between the twos houses, they struck it off again. Gatsby requested to Daisy that she confess she didn't love Tom anymore and loved him instead. This lead to Tom arguing with Gatsby and Tom all at once shattering Gatsby's world view as he realized he has been living the equivalent of a lie for most of his life. After changing his name to Gatsby and meeting a rich yacht owner, he has always lived a rich reserved life, much different from his poor lifestyle of times past. In his past he was a drifter along the shore of the great Lake Superior. He dug for clams and worked for fishing boats to get along. One day he meets Dan Cody, the above mentioned yacht owner. Cody praises gatsby for his hard work and takes him under his wing. Nick thinks back thinking “I remember the portrait of him up in Gatsby’s bedroom, a grey, florid man with a hard empty face--the pioneer debauchee who during one phase of American life brought back to the eastern seaboard the savage violence of the frontier brothel and saloon” (PG 106.)