Assignment 22: Joshua Pe

If I could be a fictional character, I would be Jay Gatsby.

He’s a seriously flawed character. He wanted to marry this girl, so he faked his whole identity. He changed his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby to sound rich. He claimed the half-truth of attending Oxford. He tried winning the love of Daisy with money.

But Jay Gatsby is also the story of the American come-up. He was born poor in North Dakota. He worked as a janitor to attend school but he dropped out. He then worked with Dan Cody who taught him how to live wealthy. He joined the military for World War I, and came back decorated. He switched up his whole life in order to win Daisy’s love. He got into the bootlegging business to become rich. He worked hard to be a millionaire. He didn’t have no Daddy’s money. And in the face of Tom Buchanan he kept trying to win Daisy’s love.

Jay Gatsby is the story of tenacity, and that’s why I’d be him.