Fascinating And Dynamic Characters In The Great Gatsby

The Constantly Changing Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, there are many fascinating and dynamic characters. The character that appeals and changes most throughout the text is Jay Gatsby. At the beginning of the novel, when the reader officially met Gatsby for the first time, Gatsby is an attention-grabbing and confident man who is mysterious and is a complete enigma to the audience. As the novel progressed, the reader learned more and more about what type of man Gatsby is and the mysteries surrounding him. Jay Gatsby is an extremely fascinating and dynamic character because of his unpredictability throughout the novel. The first time the reader encountered Gatsby, is when the narrator, Nick Carraway, sees the mysterious man standing at his pier looking into the bay. From the very beginning, Gatsby seemed to be a dark, shadowy, and deep character who seemed to be content when he was alone. Nick shows his eagerness to talk to Gatsby when he states, “I decided to call him…But I didn’t call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be
One of the covers of darkness was lifted off of Gatsby when the two future friends have an unknowing conversation, “Your face is familiar…Weren’t you in the Third Division during the war…I was in the Seventh Infantry until June Nineteen-Eighteen. I know I’d seen you somewhere before”(47). This is the first, although unaware, conversation that Nick and Gatsby have, and there is already a clear connection between the two. Nick finally realized who he was talking to when he says, “This is an unusual party for me. I haven’t even seen the host… He looked at me as if I failed to understand. I’m Gatsby, he said suddenly”(47-48). From this point on in the novel, Nick and Gatsby become inseparable friends and even more dark information is unveiled to the