Presence Power and Money The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald about life in the 1920’s. The narrator is Nick Carraway, who is millionaire Jay Gatsby’s dear friend. Throughout the book, Gatsby does everything in order to win over Daisy Buchanan’s love with his riches. He has a magnificent mansion that he throws city wide parties in every week, hoping that one day she'll wander in. He does this to make up for when he was poor, and could not marry her because she was a rich girl. Even though he does not end up with Daisy, he is still the most powerful character in the book. Gatsby’s presence itself shows he has power, as shown in chapter 3 when Nick is describing his smile, “It was one of those rare smiles with
