Thought piece 2- Nafeesa

1)Based on my reading of the novel so far,  I do think that Fitzgerald has accomplished his goal because he creates a love story but with a twist, as he includes other themes such as wealth and status. He presents the novel through Nick's eyes as a first-person viewpoint. From reading only 3 chapters of the book it makes me want to read more from how Fitzgerald describes the east and west egg characters and makes me want to read on to know what is going to happen next in the story.  In Chapter 1 Nick describes Gatsby as a one in a million character which makes me more eager to meet gatsby and to know more about gatsby and to see for myself if he lives up to the expectations.  On the other hand chapter 2 is completely different in the form of writing style as Fitzgerald almost writes ugly about the West egg in comparison to the east egg which he describes with glamour and beauty.  They story has only just begun as in chapter 3 we finally meet Gatsby, so the first 3 chapters gives us an insight to what all the other characters are like and what they've heard about Gatsby before Fitzgerald introduces Gatsby himself.  I agree that the novel is something extraordinary because if it wasn't then it would not be recognised today as nearly everyone knows about The Great Gatsby and the uniqueness of this novel and the author who wrote it. 

2) I agree to some extent with Wilson that the characters are quite unpleasant.  For me they all seem to be not living their lives but are living for other purposes such as money or power.  The east egg characters Tom and Daisy Buchanan, Tom seems to only care about his power and does not care for his wife because if he really did love Daisy he would not be interested in having a mistress, while on the other hand Daisy seems to have no purpose in life.  Myrtle and the West egg characters are also unpleasant as their attitude to life seems like they do not care about what is going on in their lives or what they are going to do about their lives.  Myrtle is clearly only using Tom for his money and his status of being rich and all the other characters seem artificial.  Nick is not as unpleasant as the other characters as he is the narrator.  The way Myrtle and her 'friends'  talk to each other is also unpleasant as they do not seem to talk about anything important or anything interesting.  She clearly does not care about the puppy and even makes a list of what she wants because she knows that Tom would get anything for her, it is almost like she's a little child always wanting to buy stuff.  For me Jordan Baker is an interesting character as she is not that unpleasant as the others but she seems to know what Tom, Daisy and Gatsby are like, she is the only character who seems to be living as she is doing something with her life.  However there is something dishonest about her she may be hard but she is clever in the way she deals with men.