Daisy's Flaws In The Great Gatsby

In The Great Gatsby there are many characters that have at least one flaw, and the character that is going to be analyzed in this essay is going to be Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby first meet Daisy before he was deployed in the Great War. In the Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby is a wealth man with a unhealthy obsession with the character Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby’s obsession with Daisy is the reason for most of his flaws. Jay Gatsby has one of the worst flaws and possible the most in the novel.
Although Gatsby isn’t the only character with flaws, he definitely has some of the worst flaws. Gatsby has many flaws that a regular person wouldn't usually have or even think are flaws. “Nobody’s coming to tea. It’s too late (Fitzgerald 85)!” Gatsby is so wound up that he feels as if Daisy won’t come for some odd reason. Gatsby is just being really nervous and having butterflies and is having second thoughts about seeing Daisy again. Even after the Great War Gatsby is still in love with Daisy and …show more content…
Gatsby’s time in Oxford has definitely made him a man to be friends with. “By the way, Mr. Gatsby, I understand you’re an Oxford man (Fitzgerald 128).” Because people presume he is a Oxford man but he doesn’t deny that he didn't get his educated at Oxford. This is another one of Gatsby’s flaws he somewhat lies about his education. Gatsby’s school life wasn’t anything to what kids these days get, almost everything is taught. “And it was from Cody that he inherited money-a legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars. He didn’t get it (Fitzgerald 100).” Gatsby obtain almost all of his knowledge from Dan Cody. In the quote it’s saying that Gatsby obtain 25,000 dollars worth of knowledge from Cody. Gatsby’s education isn’t as impressive as it would be if he actually did go to Oxford, but Gatsby had managed to make work with his knowledge and still be able to be successful, and lying about his education is one of his