The Creation Of Jay Gatsby.

The costume – James Gatz at 17 decided to recreate himself into a supposedly better person (Jay Gatsby). When you first meet someone, without even meaning or wanting to do it you create a judgement on how that person dresses to compare to how they are as a person. So I believe what Jay Gatsby first did was buy nicer ‘richer’ clothes to create this upper-class wealthy man. An example of his new and improved clothes would be “Gatsby, in a white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold-coloured tie”. He wore this outfit when he was meeting Daisy for the first time in 5 years. That whole outfit is very over the top with the gold tie and a suit to match which just shows the personality of Gatsby as he is very extravagant in anything he does or wears.

The props – James Gatsby had many extravagant and big things throughout the book which show us he is fake and dishonest. His yellow car is one of these things, to even have a car in the 1920s was massive and to have a big fancy one just really shows us how wealthy and rich Gatsby is trying to show he is. Yellow in the book has been shown as fake gold so the fact that Gatsby has a yellow car just shows us more that he will always be trying to be like Tom and Daisy, rich. “It was a rich cream colour, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hatboxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns.” This quote is from when Gatsby took Nick out to lunch in his yellow car.

The setting– The illusion of gatsby is a massive part of the story in the Great Gatsby. One of the biggest factors of his illusion is, in fact, his house. His house is massive and makes him look very very wealthy. But many people in the story see right through this illusion on of them being the guy is Gatsby’s library who said “This fella a regular Belasco”. Referring to David Belasco, a theatre producer known for his super realistic sets. Belasco took lots of time to make his set look very real. So basically just saying that his house is fake and a set which is exactly what it is.

Dialogue – When Gatsby speaks he speaks very forced and like he is trying too hard. The dialogue of how someone speaks is a key factor of how you create a judgment on the person. So the fact that Gatsby has seems to say unnatural and forced sayings and things just show us the kind of person he is and is trying to be. Which gives us the idea that he is once again trying to construct and create this new identity of James Gatsby. His father mentioned this in chapter nine when he was telling Nick about Gatz schedule at 5-6 he would  “practice elocution, poise and how to attain it”. Which just confirms it all.

The backstory – Peoples backstories are supposed to be what makes them the person they are. But Gatsby has tried to change his backstory and who he was when he was a child. Gatsby claimed a lot of different stories and there were many rumours throughout the book stating very different backstories for Gatsby.