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.