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Jay Gatsby (originally named James Gatz) is the titular fictional character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.The character is an enigmatic nouveau riche millionaire who lives in a luxurious mansion on Long Island where he often hosts extravagant parties and who allegedly gained his fortune by illicit bootlegging during prohibition in the United States. [5]
Several days after Gatsby's murder, his father Henry Gatz arrives for the sparsely attended funeral. After Gatsby's death, Nick comes to hate New York and decides that Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, and he were all Midwesterners unsuited to Eastern life. [d] Nick encounters Tom and initially refuses to shake his hand. Tom admits he was the one who told ...
The whole idea of Gatsby", he later explained, "is the unfairness of a poor young man not being able to marry a girl with money. This theme comes up again and again because I lived it." [142] Work on The Great Gatsby slowed while the Fitzgeralds sojourned on the French Riviera, where a marital crisis developed. [143]
Tom refuses to reveal Gatsby's name, and Wilson leaves. Tom tries to call Gatsby in order to warn him that his life is danger, but Gatsby does not answer the telephone. While talking to Nick at his mansion's pool, Gatsby is shot by Wilson. Only Nick and Jordan attend Gatsby's funeral. The couple agree to marry and depart for the Midwest.
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George shoots Gatsby dead before committing suicide. Later, the only attendees at Gatsby's funeral are Nick, a drunken party guest, and Gatsby's father, a Native American man who remains proud of his son despite their estrangement ("Pouring Down (Reprise)"). Wolfsheim tells Nick that he mourned Gatsby but could not afford to remain associated ...
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Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy had been driving the car. He thinks Daisy will return to him and says he intends to take the fall. Nick leaves as Gatsby begins to take a swim. George arrives and shoots Gatsby and then himself ("For Her" (reprise)). Nick is the only friend at Gatsby's funeral as people gossip about his death ("New Money" (reprise)).