The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jay Gatsby is actually James Gatz. He was a poor kid looking towards the lofty hope of big success, and Dan Cody was his one way ticket to such a dream. Dan Cody, for some reason, wanted to help Gatz, so he pulled strings to build him into a successful business man. His goals were some what psychotic for he imagined a whole new persona and did anything necessary to achieve it. His own desires would consume him as his "most grotesque and fantastic conceits haunted him in his bed at night" (Fitzgerald 99). Here is where Gatsby most terrifies me, it's almost as though he is a serial killer, but his bliss comes from wealth and fame. His mentor, Dan Cody, had a horrible time with alcohol which led to his death; there was a silver lining which led Gatsby away from liquor and always gave him a clear mind when most of his business partners had no mind. The focus shifts back to current time and Gatsby is hosting another party where Tom and Daisy are invited. Tom proves to be even more unlikable by snooping around to figure out the truth of Gatsby. Even though I hate Tom, he has a good point. Is Gatsby totally legit, is he a bootlegger, a drug dealer, or involved in some sort of mafia?
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