Gatsby Blog #2

Fitzgerald does a fantastic job of revealing details to us a little at a time, allowing us to pass and change judgment as the story progresses. Address the following questions in relation to the development of Jay Gatsby: 1) What is the purpose of Meyer Wolfsheim as a character? How does he affect the way we see Gatsby? 2) What does the backstory about Jay and Daisy's past do to our impressions of Gatsby? 3) What does the story of the rest of Gatsby past due to our impressions of him? 4) How does your overall impression of Gatsby change over these three chapters - do you like him more, less, and why?

1. I think he gives a history of Gatsby developing how we view his current take on life through his past. This allows to have more insight into how Gatsby has developed over time.

2. It makes us show more sympathy for Gatsby and allows us to see a more sensitive side of him.

3. The other stories make him seem more shady and mysterious so you start to question his outlook on life. Also, you get to introduce how the past still hangs with him.

4. I like him less because he becomes more mysterious and I like things to be very blunt and straight. It makes me question all of him decisions.

Gatsby Blog #1

Looking at first three chapters of The Great Gatsby, make some predictions about these characters and (unlike Nick) classify them into one of the three categories - hero, antihero, and villain. Give ample reasons for your classification, with support for the text (that means quotes...and page numbers)

Gatsby is an antihero because we want him to win but he throws insane parties and is almost stalker-ish to Daisy. "Anyhow, he [Gatsby] gives large parties...and I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy." (Chapter III)

Nick wouldn't be any of these because he is just a narrarator and we dont really care what he does other than tell the story.