Great Gatsby Blog 1

I believe that the hero of the story is Nick is the hero of the novel because he is from what we can tell a honest man and he is the protagonist. He doesn't have any vices or evil qualaties, in fact in chapter two he recollects that he'd only ever been drunk once before that evening. So he has good judgement compared to most of the other characters in the story so far.

I believe that Jay Gatsby is most clearly the antihero at this point in the story. In these three chapters he is a very mysterious man and one even when we do meet him is peculiar. In chapter 3 Nick observed that Gatsby was, "standing alone on the marvel steps looking from one group to another with approving eyes," (50). He throws extremely lavish parties but doesn't participate in them or mingle much; he only watches from afar. This I believe is someone who is not necessarily bad, but may have some other motivations for what he does.

I believe that Tom Buchanan is the closest thing to a villain so far. With all the money and property one could ask for, Tom still has poor, almost mean attitudes towards life, is unfaithful, and is abbusive to people. Even when taking on a mistress, Tom breaks her nose in a drunken fury. He represents everything wrong with aristocratic life and thus is the villain.