Characters as Symbols

Gatsby represents the sneaky side of people in America because he was a bootlegger. He started out his life as a poor man but then he worked his way to top. In the book he admits that he got all of his money by bootlegging. During most of the book, people didn't know how he got his money and didn't know anything about his past so he was a questionable person. Gatsby shows the sneaky and questionable side of people in this time period. He admitted he got all of his money from bootlegging which shows that he was a sneaky man.