In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald highlights the heroic and idiotic traits of one of the main characters, Jay Gatsby. Throughout the book Gatsby is believed to be a selfless,hard working, and overachieving man, but in reality Gatsby’s life isn’t as tight knit as it seems. Fitzgerald helps the user see Gatsby’s weaknesses by featuring his inability to separate his vision from reality. Gatsby’s character helps show the negative effects of love and the toll it can take on a person in the long run. Each chapter of the book helps breakdown another part of Gatsby’s personality and character, helping the reader understand who Jay Gatsby’s really is. Gatsby is looked at as one of the beloved characters in the story he is highlighted in many positive…show more content… Gatsby has a hard time distinguishing how things are and how they should be when it comes to his lifestyle and his love life. The following quote states, “I wouldn’t ask too much of her,” I ventured. “You can’t repeat the past.” “Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously.“Why of course you can!” He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand. “I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before,” he said, nodding determinedly. “She’ll see.” (Fitzgerald). This quote supports Gatsby’s idiocy when it comes to love. Gatsby is foolishly in love with Daisy and can not see past what he has envisioned for them for the past 5 years. Gatsby is looked at as an endearing character, but it actually seems to be phony. The loving and affectionate Gatsby we see is all apart of determination to fulfill his vision of being extremely successful and married to Daisy. Gatsby’s vision also brings out another foolish decision on his part portraying him in a negative light. The quote, “ His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people—his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all.” (Fitzgerald). This quote shows Gatsby foolish behavior of subtly dicaloming them as his parents. Gatsby’s parents did not fit the vision he had installed for himself causing him to disown
