Final Gatsby Blog

1) What did the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg symbolize?
 These eyes represent those of God looking over the wasteland that is America. There is no concrete connection between these two things though, it is only seen in the mind of some of the characters.

2) How does wealth determine status in the story?
In this book, wealth determines whom you spend time around, where you live, and almost every aspect of life for the people in the book. Wealth acts as a barrier between characters and disallows them from doing the things that they truly desire. These barriers present the main conflicts in the book.

3) Why does Tom care for Wilson?
Tom feels a sense of guilt throughout the book for cheating with Wilson's wife, thus leading him to be especially kind and caring towards Wilson, as he feels sorry for him. The caring attitude that Tom shows towards Wilson shows that he can have some form of human emotion after all.

4) Why is the story told from Nick's perspective?
This story is told from Nick's point of view in the story because he is merely a bystander and has little impact on the story but the biases that he shows in his story telling. As we experience things through Nick's eyes, it makes it seem like we are much more of a part of the story than hearing the story from a third person point of view.

Gatsby Blog #2

1) Meyer Wolfsheim allows the reader to learn more about Gatsby that we otherwise would not have learned. His character gives us some background of the background on Gatsby while also provoking us to question his past.

2) Gatsby's previous relationship with Daisy shows us that he lives only to reclaim his past relationship with her, and that that is his goal at this point in his life. This allows us to realize that this desire is the motive behind everything that he does in the story.

3) The rest of Gatsby's past allows us to see that he is not necessarily the most truthful person and that he lies about many details throughout the story. We also realize that Gatsby is not some "God" but a much more common man behind all of his wealth.

4) I began to like Gatsby more throughout these chapters as you've discovered the hardships that he has gone through and that he hasn't necessarily just been handed everything in life.

Gatsby Blog #1

After reading the first 3 chapters of the book, I believe that Nick is most easily classified as the hero of the novel. Near the beginning of the book, Nick is classified as "seemingly plain, well-educated, straightforward and honest." Though Nick is not the most ideal hero, he stands out as one in comparison to the other characters of the book.


Gatsby on the other hand could also be seen as a hero in the book based on what we have seen of him so far in the book. When Nick describes Gatsby's smile he states ,"It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it." this implies that Gatsby has good intentions and cannot be the villain in the story.


I believe it can be assumed at this point in the book that Tom is the villain of the story. Tom repeatedly treats people badly, including his wife. Daisy describes him at one point as "hulking" which implies that he is powerful and overbearing. This word gives off negative connotations and leads us to believe that Tom is the villain.