As the film continues, Nick and the audience learn more about Jay Gatsby's background. How does his history help viewers understand the man we see in the mansion on West Egg?

Gatsby is supposed to be an enigma yet the narrative slowly gives up clues to the audience that Gatsby perhaps is not so complicated. By the end of the book/film we can see that Gatsby is an intelligent bootlegger with a talent for dealing with shady underworld characters like Meyer Wolfsheim. Gatsby has an obsessive personality with an unhealthy obsession over Daisy .