Jay Gatsby He is a young man, around thirty years old, who rose from an impoverished childhood in rural North Dakota to become fabulously wealthy. However, he gained his wealth by participating in organized crime. From his early youth, Gatsby despised poverty and longed for wealth but his main motivation in acquiring his fortune was his love for Daisy Buchanan, whom he met as a young military officer. Gatsby immediately fell in love with Daisy's …showed first 75 words of 800 total…

…showed last 75 words of 800 total…Buchanan, a young man from a solid, aristocratic family who could promise her a wealthy lifestyle and who had the support of her parents. Like Fitzgerald's wife Zelda, Daisy is in love with money, ease, and material luxury. She is capable of, but not of loyalty or care. "I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."