"So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end." (98) This quote has an element of foreshadowing to it because it brings up the point that there could be an ending to Gatsby's life within the story, which actually ends up happening! The second half of the book as we divided it up begins with Gatsby slowing unveiling his previous life before he became rich and famous in upper class America at that time. He still is able to maintain his air of mystery though because we never actually find out his exact line of work, which makes it seem like he is into or has been into some shady business. Not to mention the fact that he is good friends with Meyer Wolfsheim who is notorious for having controlled the World Series scandal in 1919. Gatsby has such an intriguing character because he is reserved and taciturn in the first half of the novel and then begins to come out of his shell more with Nick as his friend. Gatsby, in the end, is just suffering from a lost love that he never truly got back because he died before Daisy and his relationship could have been decided. He spent five years building up his wealth and his prominence to win back Daisy, when in the end, he died alone and remained alone in his mansion and at his funeral.
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