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Gatsby: Character (Gatsby's Past (He tells everyone that he inherited…
Gatsby: Character
Gatsby's Past
He tells everyone that he inherited his money, however he acquired it from bootlegging and selling alcohol, alcohol was illegal in 1920s America
Stays in a mansion in West Egg, in 'New Money'. If everyone knew his real past he would never have been accepted in West or East Egg.
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He personifies the American Dream, on the outer layer he appears successful, but in the inside he is fighting with himself so he can be accepted.
Pursues a dream, even though he knows it can kill him. He has acquired wealth and status, but the main focus of the story is that money cannot buy you true love.
Rejection
Daisy gives her love to Tom. Tom becomes confident in this and allows her to travel home with Gatsby.
Gatsby thinks that he has completely reclaimed Daisy's love. He gets overconfident and tells Daisy to say that she never loved Tom, but this backfires on him as from her point it would not be true
Tom begins to doubt Gatsby's past. Tom then starts to ask Gatsby question that he cannot answer as they relate to his false past.
Daisy drives, and she hits Myrtle Wilson when they drive through the Valley of Ashes. She blames this on Gatsby, and this leads to his demise.
Gatsby and Daisy
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When they meet again Daisy falls in love with him straight away, this has to be cause he now has money.
Gatsby attempts to get Nick to invite Daisy to his parties. She does eventually go to one but she doesn't like it, its too representative of the West Egg
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Gatsby's Demise
After all of Gatsby's crimes and his exposure, the only way out for him would be to spend a long time in prison, or die. He took death, either way he was never going to reclaim Daisy's love.
Gatsby's death represents the failure of the American Dream, but it also represents an escape for him from living a lie.
George kills Gatsby while he's at his pool, and then George kills himself after, likely because he couldn't live with himself.
Daisy blames Myrtle's death on Gatsby, Gatsby accepts this fate and it takes him to his death.