The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby Is A Pathetic Character

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husband
for any reason at all.

Everything that Gatsby ever did in his whole life was based upon
his pursuit of the dream. He moved to New York and bought his very
expensive mansion because of Daisy. Jordan Baker said, "Gatsby bought that
house so that Daisy would be just across the bay."(Fitzgerald 83) He held
many expensive parties in the hope that Daisy might show up at one of them.
Jordan said, "I think he half expected her to wander into one of his
parties, some night, but she never did."(Fitzgerald 84) His daily life was
also controlled by the dream. Jordan said, "he says he's read a Chicago
paper for years just on the chance of catching a glimpse of Daisy's
name."(Fitzgerald 84) Gatsby put so much effort into his dream that his
dream became his life, and losing control of your life is saddening.

Gatsby is pathetic because he behaves like a child and he cannot
handle adult situations like an adult. His childish demands show that he
is a pathetic and immature human ...

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Gatsby said, "Oh, God! This is a terrible mistake,
a terrible, terrible mistake."(Fitzgerald 92) Nick replied, "You're acting
like a little boy."(Fitzgerald 93) Gatsby does act like a little boy by
overreacting and exaggerating the situation. He overreacts and becomes
terrified in such a way because the reunion is not going according to his
plan, and in his immaturity, he has absolutely no idea how to cope with the
situation.

A chess grandmaster once said that a good player should have to be
defeated several times over the course of the game to actually lose the
game. As life is like chess, when we are defeated once, we go on living.
We don't stop because we have many more ...

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