Gatsby--the character the book is named for--is not "shown" to us until the last page of chapter one. Why does Fitzgerald wait this long?

“the first decision that led to brutus’ downfall is when he decided that he would join the conspirators in their plot to kill caesar. the plot did not work. the conspirators had to flee for their very lives. the second decision that led to brutus’ downfall is when he refused to listen to cassius. “ i hope this information you.

It affords him the opporunity