Jay Gatsby Influence

Everyone's actions from the past always reflect and influence actions in the present in books, novels, and real life. The reason for this is because we either learn or adapt from our past experiences or mistakes and just like we have all learned from our past, so do characters from books and novels. Even though most of us learn frok the past, there are also some who do not, and are stubborn enough to resist change.
In the novel " The Great Gatsby," there is a character named Jay Gatsby, although his real name is James Gatz. He is the perfect representation of this prompt because he has gone through many past experiences that influence his life in the present, which ironically the book is not told by really two years in the past.
James Gatz was poor before his journey, but he met this wealthy man that inspired him to become rich after he left him money after his death. This was the beginning of his road to wealth, which is the primary influence of most of the actions in the novel. Because James met this man, he became the wealthy, mansion owning man we meet in the book.
Secondly, James met this woman named Daisy in the past and he fell madly in love with her, he became obsessed
Every action that he takes, from his parties to taking the blame of a murder committed by someone else, is for the only life goal that he has. Ever since they first met at Louisville, Gatsby had been trying to be with daisy, so everything that he does is to win her over. This contributes in every way to the theme of the novel because he is able to do everything that he does for Daisy with his money and the corruption that he acquires from the time after the war by his illegal practices to obtain money. The theme of the American dream is represented by gatsby by doing that he desires when he desires it, and he has the resources to do so. Even is he needs to do some illegal jobs to achieve