Positivity In The Great Gatsby

When someone falls in love, they will anything they can until they get there attention. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there is a great deal of action and drama that occurs. Fitzgerald depiction of Gatsby as a rich party host to a sensible, live struck man illustrates Gatsby’s many different sides. Gatsby is shown as a hopeful romantic man that strives to get Daisy to live him again. Gatsby was used to representing “hope”. In the novel everything was happy at first, however, it all started to go downhill when Gatsby firmly confronts Tom even when a situation seemed bad, Gatsby maintained his positivity. Gatsby kept that positivity until the very end. No one was like him in anyway. He could also be seen as romantic since Gatsby
He would allow many people in his house to attend his party even if they weren’t invited nor did he knew them. “I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited - they went there” (89). Nick, Gatsby’s best friends were invited to his huge part. Afterward, Nick invited gatsby to see Daisy, Tom, and Jordan. Once Gatsby saw Daisy he wanted her back so he tells her to come back since she still likes he still. “It doesn’t matter anymore. Just tell him the truth that you never loved him - and it’s all wiped out forever” (272). But no matter if Gatsby tried to get her she wouldn’t go with him anymore because she is worried he will leave her for a very long time again and she doesn’t want that to happen ever again. “NO, we couldn’t meet. But both of us loved each other all that time” (270). Even after five years he still wants to be with her and nobody else and he would try his best to get back her back. He kept his positivity towards her and keep going with life without her but just trying and he is stubbornly trying to get her to be with her. Gatsby’s greatness came from his never ending positivity and stubbornness as he tries to recapture the past. He will always positively and stubbornly keep his dream to go to her. What contributes to his greatness was gatsby’s mysterious attributes that intrigued all the other people. Until Gatsby’s positivity blindly guide him to other’s destructive behavior to contribute to his murder. In many people’s eyes they don’t see Gatsby as great they see him very badly and a murder but I see him as ‘great’ because what he had done throughout his whole life and how he will keep his positivity until the very