Essays on Jay Gatsby

Tragic death of the millionaire Jay Gatsby Long island’s socialite got shot at in his swimming pool 23 July 1922 Clara Jones New York- The biggest socialite and businessman, Jay Gatsby died yesterday evening in his swimming pool at his mansion located in the East…

The well known yet mysterious West Egg citizen Jay Gatsby appears to have been killed in a murder-suicide, say investigators. His body was found yesterday by a fellow West Egg citizen , Nick Carraway, who claims to have been a friend of Jay Gatsby. Carraway…

Self-discovery is defined as “the act or process of achieving self-knowledge”(Merion Webster). Every story has a beginning and an end, but in between, the characters all have different types of experiences. From an experience, a character often comes to a realization/revelation about their journey/ life….

Jay Gatsby the hero of the 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. An artful culmination depicted and propelled the American Literature. The writers and readers, apparently appreciate this secretive character. However, for what reason do we, as readers, cherish characters like Gatsby? Since they’re mind boggling…

Does Jay Gatsby love Daisy? After reading the book, that is the question that one is left with. Perhaps, when they first met, but afterwards, Daisy, as a member of “[the] distinguished secret society” is the symbol and the image for what Gatsby aspires to…

Throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby, formerly known as Jay Gatz, hides his origins in attempts to become a new man and forget his less than desirable past for a new life of fame, glory, riches, and the prize…

Did Gatsby ever achieve the American Dream? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s fictional novel, “The Great Gatsby,” shows how a dream can become corrupted by one’s focus on acquiring wealth, power, and expensive things. Jay Gatsby, the main character in the novel, is a self-made man who…