This week the prompt I choose was how Jay Gatsby, the protagonist of the novel, fundamentally change over the course of the novel, and how is this change caused by the central conflict(s) that Gatsby faces?
Our view of Gatsby really does change from the start of the book to the end of the book. In the beginning, we see Gatsby through Nick's eyes and Nick doesn’t know Gatsby that well. Gatsby is on this hypothetical pillar held by a lot of people but especially Nick, the reason why is how everyone sees him. The thing is people don’t see Gatsby that much, he’s very mysterious but on those occasions that you do talk to him, he is very calm, cool, and collective. As we go on reading this book we see a whole new side of Gatsby and how he’s really like when panicking. When Gatsby is under pressure he starts to act nothing like he did before, it's like he completely loses that side of him with being calm, cool, and collective. Now we see what Gatsby is really like and that is because of two reasons, one we get to know Gatsby better through Nick's eyes and second Daisy enters the picture. What Daisy does to Gatsby is putting him under pressure causing Gatsby to lose his classy self. Overall Daisy was the trigger for Gatsby to fundamentally change throughout this book.
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