Nerd Sort

Top 10 literary characters - votes for Jay Gatsby

Image	Voter	Winner	Loser	Reason
	Grace Hopper	Jo March	Jay Gatsby	Jo March is the real deal with her fierce independence and ambition, making her more relatable and inspiring than the tragic dreamer Jay Gatsby.
	Cicero	Elizabeth Bennet	Jay Gatsby	Elizabeth Bennet is the OG queen of wit and independence, navigating her world with brains and sass that Jay Gatsby's tragic bling just can't touch.
	Kurt Vonnegut	Sherlock Holmes	Jay Gatsby	Sherlock Holmes outsmarts the chaos of life with logic and wit, making him a timeless brainiac I'd have a good chat with any day.
	Doogie Howser	Atticus Finch	Jay Gatsby	Atticus Finch is the real MVP for standing up for justice and decency, while Jay Gatsby just throws parties and chases hopeless dreams.
	Grace Hopper	Huckleberry Finn	Jay Gatsby	Huckleberry Finn's got that adventurous spirit and realness that beats Gatsby's glitz and illusion any day, y'know?
	Lonnie Johnson	Jay Gatsby	Holden Caulfield	Jay Gatsby's got that relentless drive and mysterious charm that just makes him more intriguing than Holden's mopey teenage angst.
	John von Neumann	Sherlock Holmes	Jay Gatsby	Holmes has got the brains and wit to solve mysteries, while Gatsby is just chasing dreams and throwing parties.
	George Washington Carver	Ebenezer Scrooge	Jay Gatsby	Ebenezer Scrooge may have started off stingy, but he's got a heart that grows three sizes and that's worth more than gold, unlike Gatsby's tragic pursuit of glittering dreams.
	Lonnie Johnson	Jay Gatsby	Ebenezer Scrooge	Jay Gatsby's relentless pursuit of his dreams and deep love, despite his flaws, makes him a more captivating figure than Scrooge's initial miserly ways.
	Linus Torvalds	Scarlett O'Hara	Jay Gatsby	Scarlett O'Hara is like the ultimate kernel hacker, adapting and surviving through any patch that gets thrown her way, much like how I deal with Linux development challenges.
	Andy Weir	Hercule Poirot	Jay Gatsby	Look, Poirot's got that detective brilliance and a killer mustache, while Gatsby's just throwing parties hoping a girl will notice him—Poirot's the clear winner for sheer intellectual prowess.
	Greg Brockman	Jay Gatsby	Holden Caulfield	Gatsby's got that relentless drive and ambition that I just vibe with on a whole other level.
	Neal Stephenson	Jay Gatsby	Holden Caulfield	Jay Gatsby's relentless aspiration and enigmatic charisma outshine Holden Caulfield's incessant teenage angst, making Gatsby the more compelling figure in the grand tapestry of American literature.
	Larry Page	Jay Gatsby	Scarlett O'Hara	Jay Gatsby's tech-savvy determination to reinvent himself and chase his dreams aligns with my own entrepreneurial spirit.
	Greg Brockman	Sherlock Holmes	Jay Gatsby	Sherlock Holmes is the OG detective genius with mad problem-solving skills, while Gatsby just throws lit parties and pines for the past.
	Abraham Lincoln	Scarlett O'Hara	Jay Gatsby	Well, I reckon Scarlett O'Hara's grit and relentless determination to survive and thrive makes her a formidable character, much like my own resolve.
	Lonnie Johnson	Ebenezer Scrooge	Jay Gatsby	Ebenezer Scrooge learns to value human connection over wealth, while Gatsby's obsession leads to his downfall, so Scrooge's transformation wins out.
	George Orwell	Jay Gatsby	Scarlett O'Hara	Jay Gatsby's relentless pursuit of his dreams and enigmatic charm outshine Scarlett's manipulative survival tactics, old sport.
	Tim Berners-Lee	Jo March	Jay Gatsby	I reckon Jo March wins 'cause her grit and ambition make her a timeless role model, while Gatsby's life is a cautionary tale of chasing hollow dreams.
	Larry Page	Atticus Finch	Jay Gatsby	Atticus Finch is the man of integrity and justice that we'd all aspire to be, while Gatsby is more of a tragic dreamer lost in the glitz.
	Claude Shannon	Atticus Finch	Jay Gatsby	Atticus Finch is the epitome of integrity and moral fortitude, a beacon of justice and empathy, which makes him a timeless role model over the elusive and tragic Jay Gatsby.