Daisy Buchanan And Jay Gatsby Alike

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In the novel “The great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a character by the name of Jay Gatsby spends half his life longing after his love daisy Buchanan and is set on doing whatever possible to get her. Similar to Fitzgerald, Gatsby was in love with a women he couldn’t have; so he did everything in his power to rise in money and fame to get her. Fitzgerald and Gatsby are also similar because they were both in the United States Army. Therefore the character in the novel “The Great Gatsby” who most reflects the real life of the author, F. Scott. Fitzgerald is Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald and Gatsby are alike because they are both pining after the girl that they love but can’t have. Fitzgerald met Zelda and Gatsby met Daisy, both men fell in love with

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