Character Analysis Essay On The Great Gatsby

Many of the characters display their need to find happiness and craving to be accepted by the upper social class, including Gatsby himself. Jay Gatsby’s extravagant life as a wealthy, charismatic man living in the West Egg Village of New York City. Gatsby, the main character, based his love for Daisy on a young girl he met before going to war. The green light at the end of Daisy's dock is symbolic, where America was perceived as a land of opportunity with limitless possibilities which could be obtained by courage and hard work, and Gatsby's dream was to repeat the past and be reunited with Daisy.
As a young officer, Gatsby was impressed by what Daisy represented, old money and a life full of luxuries. While Gatsby went off to the war, Daisy continued her artificial life and soon her love was bought by a new suitor, Tom Buchanan. Money was what Daisy desired. James Gatz realized that he would need money to win her heart back. When they meet again, Daisy was impressed with this wealth. For instance, “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be across the bay” (Fitzgerald 78). Tom
When Gatsby found out Nick is Daisy’s cousin, he asked nick for help. “He wants to know, if you’ll invite Daisy to your house afternoon and then let him come over” (Fitzgerald 78). Nick had to rethink whether he should or not so he asked why didn’t Jordan arrange a meeting but Gatsby only asked Nick because he lived right next to Gatsby and he wanted Daisy to see his mansion. Gatsby is still stuck in this limbo of a world where he can’t define what is the past and what is the present. Nick observes, “He had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at an inconceivable pitch of intensity” (Fitzgerald 97). It seems that Daisy causes Gatsby to go to this dream that he has made in the years after and before the