Final Gatsby Post

1. Do you think there was a hero in the book? Why or why not?
I do not think there was a hero in this book because there was never any acts of heroism in this book. People might say Gatsby was a hero, but if you look at what he was doing, trying to break up a marriage, it seems like something an antihero, or even a villain would do. Other people might say that Nick was the hero, but Nick never played a significant role in plot- he was just there for the narration. Most of the characters have hero-characteristics but they have also have characteristics that would oppose their good characteristics.

2. Why do you think we supported the Gatsby-Daisy relationship when it was an affair?
I think we supported the relationship because Daisy was being cheated on from the beginning, so it was almost like payback for Tom. We wanted Daisy to receive some justice from the horrible way Tom treated her.

3. What do you think the significance of the green light is?
The green light represents Gatsby's dream of winning back Daisy and he's yearning for the past to repeat itself.  Gatsby's yearning caused many problems in the book, which tells us that Fitzgerald might have been hinting to us that the past cannot be repeated, and we must let it go.

4. Why do you think Fitzgerald used Nick as the narrator?
I think Fitzgerald used Nick to narrate the story because Nick somehow related to all the characters. For example, Nick was neighbors with Gatsby, cousins with Daisy, went to college with Tom, and was somewhat in love with Jordan Baker. Nick was a good way to get information to the reader because of his connections with the other main characters.