Jay Gatsby. When he was rich and powerful, he was the man you "want to know." But

when he was dead, life went on without him. It seemed as if nobody cared that he was

the man behind the parties and all the good times. He was dead and nobody mourned.

This shows that the opinion of the great Jay Gatsby changed by the end of the story.

He was an icon of not only every man's image of the American Dream, but he was also

apart of Americanism and the American Experience. He was seen as the richest and

Unlike any of the other characters in the novel, Jay Gatsby does not change

during the course of the story. He as a person might not have changed, but the way

that people perceived him certainly became different. When he was alive and well, he

was the perfect idea of the American Dream. He had more money than he knew what

to do with. He could afford to have oversized parties every weekend. Jay Gatsby was

the person to know when it came to the Eggs.

In the beginning, he was only known as Jay Gatz. He was a poor boy in the

army. He only had his charm to get him by.

anymore, Gatsby's false sense of security falls through. He now begins to see that we

It was this defense mechanism that, in the end, destroyed him. Jay Gatsby had kept

learn what he was up to. It was quite obvious that he did not like this loneliness, but he

Daisy. It seems that Nick does not really seem to mind all that much. Gatsby and

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