The Great Gatsby Dishonest Analysis

Jay Gatsby a Dishonest Man

“‘I was in the drug business and then I was in the oil business. But I’m not in either one now,’” said Jay Gatsby as he tries to avoid his past (50). Gatsby was a man of secrets and dishonesty; he believed that he need not tell anyone about his past or his present because he wanted to show everyone he knew how to live a luxurious life. To the few he did tell about his past, he withheld a respectable amount of information and twisted the truth. Gatsby was very good at keeping everything secret. He figured out a way to persuade people into making certain things occur. He seemed very content in having everything go his way and if it did not, he would try his best to see if he could change what had happened.

Gatsby always held lavish parties at his enormous mansion because he was trying to see if he could lure Daisy Buchanan to his house in order for them to reunite with one another. When the narrator, Nick Carraway, attends his first party he was shocked that no one actually knew who this Gatsby

person was. They had all heard different rumors about what Gatsby had done in the past; many believed that “‘he killed a man’” or that “‘he was a German spy during the war,’” but no one was positive as to which one was the truth (44). Nick and Gatsby became decent friends and Gatsby felt they were close enough that he could share his history with Nick. While Gatsby was sharing his backstory with Nick, Nick could tell he was lying when he said “educated at Oxford,” for he sounded like he swallowed the phrase (65). Gatsby also did not seem to think that he could come right out and tell Nick certain key points about his life, but believed that they must come through someone else, so he made sure Nick met up with Jordan Baker for tea.
While Nick had tea with Jordan, she convinced him to have Daisy over for tea so she could see that Gatsby was still alive and still loves her. He made sure everything went just the way he wanted it; the grass was cut and he even got to show Daisy his house because he felt the need to show her just how much money he had. With this he got Daisy back into his life just the way he had wanted to, even though it was five years later. He somehow even managed to talk Daisy and her husband, Tom Buchanan, into attending one of his parties, where Gatsby and Daisy sat on Nick’s deck and asked him to “stay watchfully at the garden,” so he could watch for Tom (105). He was even invited over to the Buchanan’s house, so Daisy could spend more time with Gatsby, right under Tom’s nose.
In chapter seven, Daisy decided that everybody needed to go into the city instead of being in agony in the hot house.

Tom decided that Daisy and Gatsby would ride in his car and Nick, Jordan, and himself would ride in Gatsby’s yellow car. When they decided what they were going to do, Tom created an uproar about Daisy and Gatsby’s affair. He wanted to know how Gatsby had earned all the money he had received, how Daisy knew him, and why she was so intrigued by him. Gatsby had actually never told Nick, Daisy, or Jordan how he made his money, it was just another thing that he kept secret from everyone. He told him everything and kept telling Daisy, to tell Tom “‘…that you never loved him…’” because Gatsby thought that she had never loved Tom (132). He wanted Tom to see that she likes him better and he wanted Daisy to see that she deserved better than Tom. He thought he was what was best for and that is what he works towards throughout the entire

book.
After these events take place, the group decides to go home; Gatsby and Daisy ride home in Gatsby’s car and a lady runs out on the road, whom they hit and kill. Gatsby took the blame because he wanted to show that he could be a nice person, when he wanted to be. This act of kindness took his life away because the lady’s husband eventually shot him. When it came time for Gatsby’s funeral, Nick did not know who to invite and if Gatsby had any family still living, for he always pushed the subject away. He received a call a few days later, from Gatsby’s father, who had heard about Gatsby’s death in the newspaper, and requested Nick to push the funeral back until he arrived in New York. No one came to Gatsby’s funeral, for they did not want to be caught being around anything Gatsby was involved in. When Nick tries to get ahold of Daisy, since she is Gatsby’s lover, Daisy and Tom disappeared, leaving no address that Nick could use to contact them. No matter how much Gatsby thought Daisy loved him, she would have never left Tom to be with him, and he would have never gotten his way.