Villain, Hero, or Victim?

Katie Parlier Villain, Hero, or Victim? Jay Gatsby is one of Americas most prized antagonists who the reader genuinely wants to believe in but his personae of a combatant is absurdly presented and admired. Char rounders are commonly placed in either the hero or villain category, but Gatsby is the exception because he exhibits more qualities of a victim. Gatsby has move victimized by Daisys guise. During the initial relationship between Daisy and Gatsby in Kentucky, Daisy continues to encourage Gatsbys affections even though she knows that there is no future with Gatsby.Gatsby is non and will never be aristocratic and in his pursuit of the impossible, Gatsby loses his identity along the way. A victim is defined as a person who has been harmed or tricked, and Gatsby unquestionably falls prey to Daisys ability to smash up things and creatures and then retreat back into her money or vast carelessness originally Gatsby and Daisy even met, Gatsby had set a goal to leave behind his po or roots and create a successful life full of wealth.Gatsby in the summer of 1924 has accomplished exactly that but because of his encounter with Daisy his initial dream changes and becomes further complicated because it now depends on the actions of another person. After Daisy and Gatsbys month of romance, Gatsby has tacked on the ambition to not only become wealthy and successful for himself, but for the hope that Daisy will acknowledge his prosperity and select Gatsby as her husband. Daisy presents Gatsby with a false sense of hope because she knew all along that money was not enough, she must be involved with an aristocratic society.This fictitious sense of hope causes Gatsby to attain the maximal amount of money in the minimum amount of time even it is accomplished in unsavory ways. Gatsby is victimized by Daisys lies and becomes a pitiful just to satisfy Daisys needs. His criminal activity caused as a result by Daisys actions lead Gatsby into a downward spiral that is perc eptible throughout the novel with the endless parties. Now that Gatsby has acquired his great wealth, he decides to take out Daisy by throwing ostentatious parties that attract people alike kids flocking to the wonders of a circus.The never goal flamboyant parties become so vast, that the host morphs into a ghostlike entity with his presence known lurking around the parties every once in a while without cosmos recognized as an actual man. Gatsby becomes this grand and mysterious socialite who not known by the own people who visit his house. His personality does not exist for the partygoers, so they have to create their own versions of the great Jay Gatsby. Gatsby does not bother with making friends while he is in West Egg because his only goal is to attract the attention of Daisy.Because he does not socialize, he has lived the life of a hermit creating new ways to fascinate Daisy while Daisy is out living her life without the slightest retentivity of Gatsby. Daisy does not ackn owledge the presence of others unless they are some use to her, and manipulation and deceit towards Gatsby only continues to escalate as the novel progresses. The final victimized act of Gatsbys life occurs when takes the blame for Daisys actions against Myrtle that eventually lead to his death. Just before Daisys hits Myrtle with Gatsbys car, Daisy has chosen to stay with turkey cock because of Gatsbys suspicious business practices.However Gatsby still believes that Daisy will come back to him because she never outright admitted to loving Tom. Just like Gatsby and Daisys month of love, Daisy is never able to tell Gatsby the truth and completely end her relationship with Gatsby because she likes the power. In both cases Gatsby is presented with the false sense of hope and once again becomes the victim of Daisys fun and games. Daisy is too selfish to realize that she is playing with someones life and her actions could have long term consequences to others.Up until the very end Daisy continues to manipulate Gatsby like an inconsiderate puppet master. She controls the strings of Gatsbys life, but when things get messy Daisy takes the quickest way out, to remove her fragile societal image from the dubious situation. Daisys influence on Gatsby turned him from a strong-willed man who created a destiny to make himself a better man to a disappointed gain who modeled his life actions after the feelings of another. Gatsby has become the ultimate victim to the alluring qualities of a woman and never has the chance to recover.