Balancing a book on top of his head to improve his poise. For example when Nick remarks “He does notrecognize the spaciousness of the world of thevery rich where he searched forfulfillment.”(Stavola 131)Gatsby does not knowwhat is wrong with his social group.In his early adulthood Jay meets a man named Dan Cody he had befriended him and Mr. Cody had let James be his apprentice also allowing him to go on his yacht. With his help James Gatz has a transformation from James Gatz to the mysterious Jay Gatsby buying him new clothes showing him how to act. It was then he had a euphony this could be the opportunity that he had been looking for him to live out his dream of being rich and happy life.Later on in his life now the great JayGatsby has changed his life dramatically fromthe young poor farm boy from the Midwest to therich man with lots of money in West Egg theland of “new money” (Fitzgerald 6) where he haslarge and extravagant parties and there isalcohol and dancing and women. There were someother things that have changed with him; forexample, the way he dresses he has all of theseexpensive and elaborate clothes. Moreover hehas a bright yellow car to attract people’sattention. The house he has is a large mansion fullof possessions and his house is so large thatpeople stay in his house with Gatsby notknowing about them until days late but itdoesn’t really matter to him though. AuthorScott F. Fitzgerald explains the significanceof Gatsby’s romantic idealism “Gatsby was gifted with a hint of the unrealityof reality a promise that the rock of the world was securely on a fairy’s wing.” (Eble 18)In his middle adult years when Jay Gatsbywas a young man enlisted in army for World War1 he was stationed in Louisiana were he had meta wonderful girl named Daisy they were deeplyin love Gatsby was sent off to Europe to fight,by the time he had come back Daisy would bemarried. Daisy had sol...
