How can Jay Gatsby in Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' be read as a Romantic Hero?

It is important when answering a question at A-Level English Literature to be able to define the key terms of the question in your introduction. Therefore, it would be useful to learn off a few of these literary terms as part of your revision process. In the case of this question, it is important to write down and learn what a 'romantic hero' actually is, e.g. that it has been defined as someone who is generally isolated from and rejected by society; rejects established norms and conventions themselves and whose intense thoughts and feelings are displayed. After writing this in an introduction, it would be important to provide 2 or 3 key points as to how Jay Gatsby compares to this definition of the Romantic Hero, stated in the introduction and developed in the main body. For example, you could state in the introduction that in the essay you will show how Jay Gatsby as a character often stands isolated from the crowds at his parties, how he rejects established norms and conventions such as the class system and how we are presented with an emotionally intense character, especially in his love for Daisy.
In the main body, it is important to take each of these key points in turn and use evidence from the text to support your argument. A useful way of structuring each paragraph is to use the 'PEE' rule - Point, Evidence, Explain. First, you should make a point by using the key terms in the question, for example: "Jay Gatsby in Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby,' can be read as a romantic Hero because he often stands isolated and alienated, even when amongst a crowd." This argument is further developed using evidence from the text such as when Fitzgerald, following a detailed description of Gatsby's elaborate party and its guests, says "no-one swooned backwards on Gatsby," and has the character Tom refer to Gatsby as "Mr Nobody from nowhere." The final stage would be to explain this point and how it backs up your argument. This might include something like: "Fitzgerald's use of repetition here highlights the fact that even among a vast crowd, Jay Gatsby is regarded as invisible and thus remains isolated. This picture of the protagonist as alone and rejected by those in his society is in line with the definition of a Romantic Hero in literature, and thus he can be read as one." This method would be repeated for the other paragraphs of the main body, pulling out a few different linguistic techniques to answer the question. For top-level answers, we could pull out a couple of structural points.