![]() His real name is James Gatz and he’s from North Dakota. As the novel progresses, readers learn more and more about the mysterious Gatsby. ![]() Nick slowly becomes Gatsby’s confidant after moving into a small house next door. No one knows where he came from or how he became a millionaire. He’s incredibly wealthy, throws lavish parties, and lives in a large mansion in West Egg, where all the newly rich families establish residences. Jay Gatsby is the title character of The Great Gatsbyand the man around whom the novel revolves. The characters in the novel are tied together through their desire for wealth, social climbing, affairs, greed, and lack of empathy for one another. But, their very human problems are quite easy to relate to. This makes empathizing with many of them difficult, if not impossible. Of the many characters readers are introduced to, only a few have any redeeming features. Scott Fitzgerald is filled with interesting and morally bankrupt characters.
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