JT's thoughts on the Great Gatsby

The character of Gatsby is what interested me the most about this book. The first thing that jumped out to me about him was that he was the title character of the book, but the book was not in his point of view. Most books I can think of off the top of my head that have a title character are not like this. The book is in the point of view of the title character. Besides that once I got to reading the book Gatsby was by far the most interesting thing to me. At the beginning of the book he seemed very mysterious, but as the book progressed the reader learned more and more about him. It fascinated me that he spent his entire life trying to get Daisy, his American Dream. Daisy seems like a nice girl and all, but I don't think she is worth an entire life of sacrifices to get. There are plenty of other girls out there. I was shocked at the lengths that Gatsby went to in order to get Daisy. He changed his entire life, but it did not work. If I was Gatsby I know that would be a tough thing for me to overcome. I don't think I would ever be able to get over the fact that I could not get her, and this is exactly what Gatsby struggles with. He knows he can't have Daisy but he stills puts everything he has into it. Just about everything he does in life is geared toward this one goal. So basically, it amazes me that a person is willing to give up everything he knows, his family, friends etc..., just to get a girl, but that is just what Gatsby did.