Who Is Jay Gatsby Tragic Hero

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In the production of The Great Gatsby, the ending leaves us in awe, and shock. The definition of a tragic hero is, the central character of a play, film, etc., depicted as a noble figure who experiences a tragic downfall. With decisions that lead to their destruction or death. Jay Gatsby is the tragic hero in The Great Gatsby, because of his upbringing and the way he wants to live in the past so bad that he is willing to take the blame for something he didn't do and paying the price of doing so by getting shot. While he reminisces about the past, he displays an extensive amount of grit and determination by showing several concepts of his heroic virtue. In chapter seven, Nick states: “They’re a rotten crowd,” I shouted across the lawn. “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together” (Fitzgerald 126). Nick compliments Gatsby by saying that to him after the night that everything happened. We really see that Nick truly feels this way about Gatsby, Nick now knows everything about Gatsby and his upbringing. Nick is my friend. Even with that considered, Nick seems …show more content…

“Perhaps he no longer cares. If that was true, he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, and paid a high price for living too long with a single dream. He must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves” (Fitzgerald 132)... this was what he was feeling right before Wilson shot him. I think he finally realizes that Daisy would not change her mind for Gatsby. She is a coward that wouldnt change. “He couldn’t possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do. He was clutching at some last hope and I couldn’t bear to shake him free” (Fitzgerald 121). he wanted that last bit of closure. He was holding on to the last bit of hope he had. After talking to Nick, he started to wither away at that hope he had before, the hard truth of who Daisy is set

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