The Great Gatsby 2

1) What is the purpose of Meyer Wolfsheim as a character? How does he affect the way we see Gatsby?
Meyer Wolfsheim leaves a mysterious edge to Gatsby's story, despite the other information we have gained in the last couple chapters. He affects how we see Gatsby by keeping it mysterious and showing a kind of sketchy side of him, since Meyer Wolfsheim is a gambler who fixed the world series.


2) What does the backstory about Jay and Daisy's past do to our impressions of Gatsby? 
The backstory of Jay and Daisy makes Gatsby a much more relatable character. Before, he had been sort of a mystery, and we didn't know much about him. This backstory provided a lot of answers about previous events in the book, and made Gatsby seem like more of a regular person. But it also kind of makes the reader feel sorry for him because he never got over his relationship with Daisy.


3) What does the story of the rest of Gatsby's past do to our impressions of him?
The rest of Gatsby's past shows that his life hasn't been as great as he makes it seem. It also shows that he lies to lots of people. For example, he didn't grow up in a rich family, and he didn't inherit his money how he said he did. Taking this backstory in to account, I think it makes him look bad.


4) How does your overall impression of Gatsby change over these three chapters - do you like him more, less, and why?
I like Gatsby more after these last three chapters. He seems much more relatable and it was easy to get caught up in his story. There were a lot of unanswered questions in the last chapters, and they have been answered in interesting ways relating to Gatsby, which makes me like him as a character.