Similarities Between Fictional Jay Gatsby and Axl Rose???

While we're waiting I thought it would be interesting to see if anybody else thought some parts of the fictional character Jay Gatsby (Title character in The Great Gatsby, Considered Top 10 Ever In American Lit.) reminded you of Axl!

Here's a short bio on Gatsby:

The title character of The Great Gatsby is a young man, around thirty years old, who rose from an impoverished childhood in rural North Dakota to become fabulously wealthy. From his early youth, Gatsby despised poverty and longed for wealth and sophistication?he dropped out of St. Olaf?s College after only two weeks because he could not bear the janitorial job with which he was paying his tuition. Though Gatsby has always wanted to be rich, his main motivation in acquiring his fortune was his love for Daisy Buchanan, whom he met as a young military officer in Louisville before leaving to fight in World War I in 1917. Gatsby immediately fell in love with Daisy?s aura of luxury, grace, and charm, and lied to her about his own background in order to convince her that he was good enough for her. Daisy promised to wait for him when he left for the war, but married Tom Buchanan in 1919, while Gatsby was studying at Oxford after the war in an attempt to gain an education. From that moment on, Gatsby dedicated himself to winning Daisy back, and his acquisition of millions of dollars, his purchase of a gaudy mansion on West Egg, and his lavish weekly parties are all merely means to that end. Fitzgerald (Author) initially presents Gatsby as the aloof, enigmatic host of the unbelievably opulent parties thrown every week at his mansion. He appears surrounded by spectacular luxury, courted by powerful men and beautiful women. He is the subject of a whirlwind of gossip throughout New York and is already a kind of legendary celebrity before he is ever introduced to the reader. Fitzgerald propels the novel forward through the early chapters by shrouding Gatsby?s background and the source of his wealth in mystery. As a result, the reader?s first, distant impressions of Gatsby strike quite a different note from that of the lovesick, naive young man who emerges during the later part of the novel.Fitzgerald uses this technique of delayed character revelation to emphasize the theatrical quality of Gatsby?s approach to life, which is an important part of his personality. Gatsby has literally created his own character, even changing his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby to represent his reinvention of himself. As his relentless quest for Daisy demonstrates, Gatsby has an extraordinary ability to transform his hopes and dreams into reality; at the beginning of the novel, he appears to the reader just as he desires to appear to the world. This talent for self-invention is what gives Gatsby his quality of ?greatness." In the end though, it turned out that Daisy was a just a self centered person who only cared about appearances. It was all for nothing.

Main Similarites I Saw: 1) Being driven to escape his childhood circumstances/limitations 2) Recreating himself 3) Everything crumbling down because of a girl 4) Dedicating his life to a quest for a female (Stephanie Seymour??), who in the end, wasn't even worthy of his time or "greatness"