THE GREAT GATSBY In the novel The Great Gatsby the main character is Jay Gatsby. Mr. Gatsby is a man of great wealth and suspicions. He has lived his life to become someone that was truly that of the upper class. He does this in may ways. We find out that he loves a married woman. Her name is Daisy Buchanan and she is a very wealthy lady also. We find out that Jay has …showed first 75 words of 758 total…

…showed last 75 words of 758 total…So Wilson takes a gun over to Jay’s house and while he is swimming he shoots him and then takes his own life. In conclusion Jay Gatsby was a very simple man who wanted to be with someone he had loved. The only problem was that she could not love him. So he basically “beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” And this is what lead to his death.