The Great Gatsby Characterization

Gatsby is a dynamic character because at the beginning he is mysterious and revels in the rumors that circle around about him.  Rumors such as "Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once"(Fitzgerald 44) emphasize how mysterious Gatsby is to the people around him.  The fantastic life he dreamed up for himself has become real and he's the person he want to be. By the end, Gatsby's past has been revealed and the life he dreamed up has been "broken up like glass against Tom's hard malice"(Fitzgerald 148).  Jay Gatsby exists only as long as no one suspects what lies behind him.  Gatsby becomes a desperate man and after meeting his father, the reader see that he never entirely became Jay Gatsby.  There was always a part of him that was James Gatz.

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