The character development in The Great Gatsby keeps me reading. Lately, Tom has been the most entertaining character to follow. He's such a mixed up guy. He caused a bunch of hurt within his marriage, and in chapter 7 he tried to fix everything with Daisy by saying that he still loves her. The book is just full of all of this mixed up confusion between the characters. Gatsby is interesting to follow as well. His love for Daisy is odd; there is so much confusion within the love triangle. I'm not even sure if I want Gatsby and Daisy to hook up.
I've noticed throughout this whole book that Nick is just stuck in the middle of all of this conflict. I think that's really interesting. Why does Fitzgerald have Nick, the guy who is stuck in the middle of all of this drama, as the narrator? Having Nick as the narrator allows the reader to see both sides of the love conflict though. Maybe that's why Fitzgerald wrote in Nick's perspective.
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