What Are The Events That Affect Jay Gatsby's Life

In the story the great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a mysterious character by the name of “Jay Gatsby” throws extravagant, exotic parties in hopes of having his love, Daisy, show up. In the end, Gatsby takes the blame for a horrible murder because of his love for Daisy. As a result, George Wilson kills him because he thought that he was the lover of his wife, and her killer. As the titled, and the most interesting character, Jay Gatsby was most greatly impacted by the events throughout the book because of his tragic love for Daisy and the control this love had over his life. Though every one of his other “dreams” came true, Gatsby could never fully possess Daisy. Also, he learned that a person cannot be someone else just by pretending to do so.
Gatsby had a lot of other dreams other than Daisy, and he worked hard for every single one of his dreams and most of them came true, although Gatsby could never fully possess
Daisy, but, Jay Gatsby learned that you can’t buy everything you want in the world, no matter how ambitious a person

might be or how hard they work to get what they want. Before he was “Jay Gatsby”, James Gatz grew up as a poor boy in the Midwest. He was stuck being someone he didn’t want to be. He had big dreams of being rich and popular. When he was a child, he dreamed of being “important”, so he came from a sort of “ Fake or dark ’’, past. “ I suppose he had the name ready for some time , even then. The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from the Platonic conception of himself” (98) This quote shows that Gatsby was ready to change for a while. He learned to play the “Gentleman” role, and just needed money to grow and expand himself.
Gatsby throughout the book cared a lot about what people think about him. He liked to change their opinion by lying to them and pretending to be someone else, but they always found out, and lost his trust. He lied about being educated at oxford university and tried to conceive himself as someone he is not. “ He looked at me sideways, and i knew why Jordan Baker had believed he was lying. He hurried the phrase “ educated at oxford “ or swallowed it, or choked on it. This shows that he tried to be someone that he is not and backfired on him and made Nick think about him in a sinister way. As Gatsby grew up, he was confused about who he was and didn’t know what he wanted to do later in his life “ The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from the Platonic conception of himself” (98) . In a way, Gatsby lied to himself about who he was, and who he wanted to be later in life
In conclusion, Jay Gatsby was heavily impacted by the events of the book and by Daisy, Gatsby chased her around showing his love for her and putting Daisy in control over his life.

Gatsby spent most of his life on Daisy, putting her in charge of his life, with that, Gatsby learned that you can’t buy happiness or love no matter how hard you work or how ambitious you are are. Gatsby also learned by chasing Daisy around, that a person cannot be someone else just by pretending to do so, and they will eventually find out. You may be wondering, “Why should I even read this book?” I actually learned a few things from this book that i can relate to.the First thing I learned is that you can’t let one person control all of your decisions and let them have a handle over your life. The second thing i learned is that you shouldn’t care as much about what people think about you, and not lie and try to live through a life that you aren’t

living.