Jay Gatsby Transformation

Jay Gatsby – He is a young man who is immensely rich. He had said his fortune had come from an inheritance which he used to travel the world on his own until some of the money was used up to where he settles into a mansion in the village of West Egg on Long Island. He is probably most known for the grand parties he threw so often, yet never fully attended his own ones. By that of he would never be too active in what was going on at the time, be it mingling with the party guests, or dancing to the full orchestras which he would hire to attend and perform during his parties. His real name, however, was James Gatz. He changed it on his own will to essentially get a fresh start from his old life. Throughout the novel we learn that Gatsby is in love with a woman named Daisy Buchanan and would do anything to win her heart. To combat this, he turns to bootlegging, an illegal activity, to build up his wealth to attempt to attract the attention of Daisy.
Nick Carraway – Nick is the man who’s eyes the story is written through. He had studied for a bit at Yale and had fought alongside Jay Gatsby in World War I. He moves to New York City to start join the bond business. He moves next to the illustrious Gatsby, who he quickly befriends because of Gatsby’s outgoing personality. He is also cousins with Daisy Buchanan, who he attempts to help Gatsby and
Before World War I ever happened, Daisy was involved romantically with many men, however she fell most in love with Jay Gatsby. When war starts, however, Gatsby goes off to fight and she has a deep need to be loved. A rich man, as this was before Gatsby had gone into the bootlegging business, by the name of Tom Buchanan asked Daisy to marry him. She had decided not to wait for Gatsby to return from the war and say yes to Tom. She then lives with Tom in the present day of the story, near her cousin after he