The Great Gatsby: Sympathetic Readers You can easily become very sympathetic to a character by how the author portrays him or her in a story. In The Great Gatsby the main character is an ostentatious bootlegger who pines for one thing, a married woman. Somehow, the author tricks the reader into being sympathetic to Gatsby throughout the entire novel. Fitzgerald makes the reader compassionate by showing how Gatsby threw extravagant parties for anyone who wanted to come, how he struggled to make his way in life, and how he strove to win Daisy's love. Gatsby threw an exuberant and lavish party almost every night. His house was full of people, some of whom he had never met before. "I think the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who were actually invited. People weren't invited; they went there." (45) Some may think that Gatsby was just trying to be cocky. However, if this had been the circumstance, he would have simply invited the people he wanted to show off to. To throw these lavish parties Gatsby may have gotten money from the racket, but he still used it appropriately. He had decent caterers, bright, bright lights, delicious, exquisite food, and a large orchestra at all his parties. Gatsby let people have fun at his expense. “I love coming,” said one guest. "I don't care what I do, so I always have fun. The last time I was here I tore my dress on a chair and he (Gatsby) asked me my name and address: within a week I received a package from Croirier's with a new evening dress inside." This accident wasn't even Gatsby's fault, but he was kind enough to pay for a brand new, exorbitant suit. Even though Gatsby's ex... half document... sby had made up that he was the one who drove the car. He waited outside Daisy's house just to make sure Tom didn't grieve Daisy. The dictionary defines "great" as an adjective meaning notable inmagnitude, degree or effectiveness, full of emotion, eminent, distinguished, grandiose, markedly superior in character or quality. , noble, extraordinarily skilled, marked by enthusiasm, used as a generalized term of approval. All these terms together, however, cannot adequately describe Gatsby. Nick declares, "They're a lousy crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together." Nick vocally expresses his admiration for The Great Gatsby. The reader is forced to agree, evoking all the feelings of the very definition of "great." Despite some of the methods and antics used by Gatsby, we all eventually became sympathetic readers.