One would look at the main character in the novel, The Great Gatsby, and see a man exhuding confidence and esteem. Mr. Jay Gatsby though, was filled with inner turmoil, longing and obsession. His life was sustained on one minute hope, a dream that was never fully realized, even whe he thought it was in his grasp. Maybe, though, Gatsby's life could have taken an entirely different course had he made a different decision at …showed first 75 words of 1239 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1239 total…recognize, this fact. These choices that Gatsby made, led him down a destructive path that twisted and wound to this demise. Had he chosen different choices, mad better decisions, he could have saved himself from the destruction and violence that ended his life. It may have been George Wilson who had pulled the trigger and shot the bullet that killed him, but is was Gatsby himself, who had put the gun to his own head.