Great Gatsby 2

1. The purpose of Meyer Wolfsheim is to give us another view of Jay Gatsby. He is not a very good character who is probably involved in illegal activity. Wolfsheim allows us a glimpse at the not so great side of Jay Gatsby and keeps us interested in what more we ahve to discover about this character.
2. The backstory of Jay and Daisy allows us to see Gatsby in a more realistic light. Without this backstory, he would remian the wealthy and mysterious man we met in the beginning of the book, but this backstory gives him a more human relatability and gives us greater insight into Gatsby as a person.
3. The rest of Gatsby's backstory again is a more in depth characterization than what we have previously seen. Through the backstory, we see how Gatsby reacts and handles different situations as well as a deeper look into his personality. It also lets the reader connect with Gatsby more than they could have before because, despite some of the negative aspects of his past, the backstory ultimately lets us simpathize with this character.
4. In my opinion, I still find Gatsby a bit mysterious and am not quite sure what to think of him. However, the bakstory of Jay Gatsby does make me like the character a bit more because it promotes the idea that he usually has good intentions, despite the fact that some of the things that he did were a bit questionable. I feel as if I know the character much more than I did at the beginning of the book, yet I am still unsure if I like hime or not.

Great Gatsby 1

I believe that a fairely clear hero that can be identified at this point in the book is Nick. He is the character that we all relate to and he is very likable and has similar values to us. He is "inclined to reserve all judgements "(1), and this description catagorizes him as a person who we wish to succed, and, therefore, the hero. Tom is almost definitetly a villain because he has values that go against what the audience values. He cheats on his wife and abuses his mistress. He is descibed as "hulking"(12) and with a cruel body. It is clear that the author wants the audience to dislike this character. A possible anithero that could be identified at this point in the book is Daisy. She is quiet yet "pretty synical about everything"(16). She has a haughty air about her, yet she is also stragnely likable with her synical comments about the reality of the society that she live in. She is a character who I belive Fitzgerald would want us to like, but her ambitions give her values that would contradict our own. This makes her an antihero.

Artists style

The artist uses a darker range of colors. His paintings are also warped and distorted with some unnatural visual effect. He seems to paint mostly about African American culture.