Jay Gatsby
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Jay Gatsby (born James Gatz) |
| Occupation: | Yachtsman, Soldier, Bootlegger, Entrepreneur, Major in 16th Infantry Regiment (formerly) |
| Relationships: | Nick Carraway (neighbor, friend), Daisy Buchanan (ex-girlfriend, love interest) |
| Fandom: | The Great Gatsby |
| Other: | Wikipedia Page |
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Jay Gatsby, born James Gatz on a farm in North Dakota, him was resident of a Gothic mansion in West Egg, Long Island, NY and is one of the protagonists of the novel The Great Gatsby.[1]
In order to prove his love for Daisy he did everything, even risk his life to gain the social position he thought necessary to win she. Gatsby made his fortune through criminal activity, as famous for the lavish parties he throws every Saturday night always with your style nouveau riche.
Fandom
On AO3 there are around 800 works with Jay Gatsby. His pairings are usually the ship fanon Jay Gatsby/Nick Carraway in highest proportion, followed in lowest number by Jay Gatsby/Daisy Buchanan. Over the years, critics and readers have debated the book's queer subtext, often forced on Nick. However, some texts address how Jay can also be read as a gay man from the 20s.
[Dante Wodehouse]
The culture was of merely keeping your homo or bisexuality 'under wraps' so to speak. A lot of people were gay or bisexual (Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Shakespeare, and maybe King James).[2]
In his article GA(tsb)Y, Greg Olegar addresses such questions, which is answered with several comments, among them:
[Jess Marsico]
I, too, have seen the homoerotic tone of the book. Something else of interest, to me, is how Nick describes Gatsby; it’s not only Nick’s closeted gay perception, though, because even a man with homosexual tendencies can only describe a scene to a particular point. In fact, Gatsby himself represents something other than heterosexuality.
With Nick as narrator, we learn that Gatsby’s wardrobe is full of pieces in colors of lavender, pink, and patterned shirts in coral, apple green, faint orange (Ch 5). On top of that, Nick mentions Gatsby’s pink suit three times, once saying, “I could think of nothing but the luminosity of his pink suit under the moon” (150; Ch 7).
Even further, Gatsby’s house is decorated, as described by Nick, with “Marie Antoinette music rooms…swathed in rose and lavender silk…” (96; Ch 5).[3]
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References
- ^ "The Great Gatsby: Character List SparkNotes". 2022-03-22. Archived from the original on 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Is Nick gay (or bisexual)? [Archive] - Literature Network Forums". 2006-03-27. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23.
- ^ "GA(tsb)Y The Weeklings". 2013-01-08. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23.