Sunday, September 27, 2009

Characters in the Great Gatsby

There were a lot of characters in the Great Gatsby that I liked, but there were some that i didn't like so much. The one that I liked the most was Nick because since the story was told from his point of view, it was easier to tell what he thought about the other characters and about the events happening in the book. Tom was the character that I liked the least because of many reasons. One is that he had almost no respect for his wife Daisy throughout the book. For one thing, he gets mad at the fact that she and Gatsby spend so much time together, but at the same time he is cheating on Daisy with Myrtle. I had some sympathy for Gatsby because after meeting and falling in love with Daisy, he doesn't see her for 5 years. Then when he finds her again, she's already married to Tom. Even though they grow close to each other again, at the end of the story she still stays with Tom and Gatsby ends up murdered. It was almost like he kept getting hope that he and Daisy could be together but it proved to be false hope each time.

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  1. Good job, Jeremy. I like to see your opinions on the text, and I like it that you can see the moral issues as well!

    Keep up the good work.

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