Lucid Labyrinth

Owl eyes, the name given to a man found in Gatsby’s the library, is a minor character that is often forgotten. He is only really a part of two scenes: where he is looking through Gatsby’s Books and at Gatsby’s Funeral were he calls Gatsby poor. Normally, Owls represent inner wisdom, self-actualization, intuitiveness. Therefore to…

Jordan’s character is often seen as a minor character through out of the book, acting as Nick’s love interest and Daisy’s eccentric and successful friend. She is not included in the main tragedy and leaves rather unharmed. Although her character was still developed to mean something, as all characters are in The Great Gatsby. First…

Tom’s Character is seen as the antagonist of the story yet, he has the most “normal” story line of each of the characters. At least, given the social norms of the time. He marries a modes women, someone he thinks would make a good wife. They strive to maintain and grow their wealth while he…

Myrtle is often remembered as “The one woman who gets hit and dies, right?” but, as I’ve mentioned previously, I think all characters in The Great Gatsby are carefully crafted to be complex characters that tell their own story. For Myrtle, we follow a women who made the decision to marry for love. Perhaps not…

Nick starts the book reminiscing on how his father urges him to reserve judgment. Although when he turns from war, he criticizes this. Nick calls reserving judgment as a source of “infinite hope”. After returning from war, Nick relies that infinite hope doesn’t help in the name of making objective decisions. If assumptions cant be…

Daisy is not often seen as a major character in The Great Gatsby. Instead of people viewing her and her own story, she is seen for her part in other people’s story. I could write a whole essay on how female characters are often pushed aside and seen as a stepping stool for the other…

Gatsby, like every character in The Great Gatsby is complex. This is his story in songs. He starts his journey a poor but ambitious young man. When his father shows us Gatsby’s childhood notebooks in chapter nine, we see that he was a dedicated individual. He had a plan in mind and would stop at…