A few more thoughts on The Great Gatsby
I mentioned to a priest when younger that while I think The Bible is a great book, I prefer to analyze non-biblical literature.
I think Fitzgerald’s novel is about a sinner who has a tragic ending. We all have sins, so it is understandable.
“Gatsby bought that house so Daisy would be just across the bay.” “And he wants to know if you’ll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon let him come over?”
In a way, the novel is about stalking. Daisy seems to want to talk to Gatsby again, but she is married to another man. I had a student write in an essay that Romeo in Romeo and Juliet is a stalker, and she had a point because Juliet does resist Romeo at first. I had always thought of her unwillingness at first as normal romantic back-and-forth.