The Great Gatsby - Chapter 9

Gatsby is one of those people who seems complex, they have an air of mystery about them, but in reality there are only a few things about them that hold their entire essence together. Gatsby is a middle aged man, the same as Nick, he is good-looking, wealthy, and mysterious, they are the only things he has going for him. He lies about his past, trying to cover it up, and did some not-so-honorable things to get rich after being discharged from the army. Entirely obsessed with Daisy, his love for her controls his daily life and most of his major decisions. As a character, Gatsby is very static, his views never change; he continues to do everything in his power to get closer to Daisy until the day he dies.
His character evokes many emotions on the reader, a certain curiosity for who he really is, amazement for his accomplishments, sadness for his unattainable love, a hate for all the lies he has told, and annoyed feeling when he just will not come to realize the reality that he and Daisy will never be together.
Gatsby does and does not appeal to me. He appeals to me mostly because he had enough will power to go after what he wanted in life, a lot of people lack that kind motivation, which is really sad. So i liked that Gatsby was very inspired to go after his dream. On the other hand, Gatsby really makes me mad, he does things that he shouldn't, the way he made his wealth, the reasons he does things, it's just not something that i like.