Jay Gatsby

We started reading The Great Gatsby, and I am already intrigued. Nick Carroway tells the story very well, but Jay Gatsby is definitely the character that grabs your attention and keeps you interested. Gatsby is portrayed as a man who came into new money who has a lot of mystery in his life. No one can really figure him out, except Jordan Baker began to. Gatsby throws these exquisite parties that are extravagant and lively. Everybody who is anybody shows up to these parties, invited or not. They last for hours upon hours. Jordan tells us a backstory in chapter four about when Jay Gatsby was involved with Daisy. Gatsby was a soldier, while Daisy was a little rich white girl who was not supposed to be involved with a man of a lower status. Daisy's parents did not want her to see Gatsby anymore so she was prepared to run away. Daisy then married Tom Buchanan, who is an aggressive man with a hard expression that can intimidate anyone. Jordan later pieces together why Gatsby throws these enormous parties every weekend. He hopes that Daisy will show up one day. Gatsby is obviously still in love with Daisy, but he does not want to make it obvious that he is throwing the parties just because he hopes she will stumble upon his house. He has to be more subtle than that. Gatsby knows that Nick Carroway and Daisy are cousins, so Gatsby has hopes of Nick sets them up. Nick, of course, does not mind at all. Jay Gatsby is my favorite character so far because he is the most intriguing. He is the most romantic, and he is so mysterious that it is irresistible to keep reading. He does for Daisy what most girls wish guys would do for them. Gatsby would do anything for Daisy. He went from an officer in the military to one of the richest men on West Egg.