In Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby, we are
introduced to Wolfsheim. He is a shady character, who seems to be close with Gatsby. We get the
first taste that Gatsby may not be as innocent as he wants other people to think he is. Wolfsheim
tells Nick the story of the night he was present at the killing of Rosy Rosenthal, a known
gangster, showing us that Gatsby has been surrounded by these kind of people.
"Filled with faces
dead and gone. Filled with friends now gone forever. I can't forget so long as I live the night
they shot Rosy Rosenthal there."
This
is the first time we begin to see Gatsby as having a secret. There have been rumors flying around
about how he got his money, but now we see that he may have dealings with gangsters. We are
introduced to this idea early, and the questions follow throughout the novel. We are never really
aware of how Gatsby has made his fortune, but by this one event, we begin to think that it may
not be in a honest way. The mysterious life of Gatsby pulls us in from the very beginning and we
want to think the best of him. We are now seeing a side to him that may not be so forgiving,
after all.
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