Friday, November 16, 2012

Most Interesting Gatsby Chartacter

At this point in the novel, what character do you find to be the most interesting?  What is it that makes them interesting to you? 

122 comments:

  1. Zoey W
    Gatsby so far is the best character because he is interesting and makes you want to know more about him.

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    1. Ryan W
      I agree. I was surprised to see how young he was in the movie trailers we saw.

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    2. Hannah H.
      I like Gatsby too and i agree with when you read about him you want to know about him.

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    3. Heidi E.
      Yes, he is mysterious, and it makes you want to find out more about him.

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    4. Melissa G.
      I agree with Hannah and Heidi. Gatsby is a very mysterious person. He makes you want to find out what he really sees.

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    5. Zach O.
      I agree. Gatsby is very interesting and makes you want to read more about him.

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    6. Coral z
      I agree with zoey i think gatsby is very intresting. Although i think he is useing nick to get to daisy.

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  2. Zoey W
    Idk where Aaron's went but i'm going to comment to it anyway. Nick is kinda boring i dont see why you think he's that great.

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    1. Melissa G.
      I do believe he's kinda boring. He's just in the middle of all the "drama" you could say.

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    2. Brooke Wente
      I agree with melissa he's just kind of there in the middle of everyone else.

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  3. Ryan W
    To me Gatsby is the most interesting because he is so mysterious. But i also think Nick is very important because he is the one telling the story.

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    1. Why do you think Fitzgerald chose to tell the story through Nick? Why not Daisy or Gatsby?

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    2. Josie H
      To me i thingk is is so we can see prospective of those two through someone elses eyes. It makes you want to read it more when you don't know what either of those characters are thinking or what they their intentions are.

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    3. Heidi E.
      I think he chose to write through Nick because he doesn't want to give all of Daisy and Gatsby's feelings and insights away in the beginning. He doesn't want us to know what they're thinking but wants us to guess at what they are thinking by looking through Nick's point of view. Otherwise the characters wouldn't be as mysterious or interesting to us as readers.

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    4. Jenny B.
      I agree with Heidi and Josie. It's told in Nick's point of view so that the characters are more mysterious and so we get an overall view of the situation, not just one person's feelings.

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    5. Laila S.
      I think Fitzgerald chose to write the book through Nick's eyes because he is the only character that isn't personally involved in the plot. If anyone else narrated the story, the reader would receive a biased version of the events that happen.

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    6. Josie....I agree with you..awkotaco. I think he decided to show the story through nicks eyes so that it could intensify the mystery of Gatsby. If he were to tell the story it wouldn't be a mystery at all and therefor no point in the story. Kendall K

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    7. Jacob B.
      I agree with Laila. If the narrator were anyone else the events in the story would become biased. I mean can you imagine if it was from Tom's point of view? I also just thought of this, what if Nick watching from the outside with unbiased accounts is another symbol of the eyes watching everything? Just a thought.

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    8. Matthew Z
      By telling the story from nick's perspective it makes the reader have to characterize Gatsby and Daisy indirectly. So people have to judge what the characters are like on their own.

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    9. Jill W
      I feel that he told it in Nick's perspective so that you could generalize characters in your own way more easily than if it was in Tom, Daisy's, or Gatsby's point of view. Putting it in Nick's perspective makes the story more of a mystery and makes you think more as to why characters do the things they do. If it would have been told in anyone else's perspective, the impression people would get would change immensely.

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    10. Jacob,

      Great connection with the symbolism of the eyes.

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  4. Hannah H.
    I think Tom is the most interesting because he has a wife and then he is cheating on her and in the movie trailers it makes it seem like daisy cheats on Tom with Gatsby later on in the book.

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    1. Josie H
      Hannah girl, you are right! I think he is too. I cant wait to find out if she cheats on him. Karma:) Nuff said.

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    2. Matt B.
      I agree with Hannah and Tom seems to be one of the second most interesting characters because of his affairs.

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    3. Dylan G
      I agree with Hannah. I think tom has it coming for him and that's what makes him so interesting

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    4. Danielle H
      I also agree with Hannah. Tom definitely has it coming for him. Hes a very interesting character. I think the affairs in this book are what makes most of the characters so interesting. Everyone likes to read about peoples dirty secrets!

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    5. Does Fitzgerald want us to hate Tom? Does it help tell his story, or the story of our country?

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  5. Maria S.
    I think Daisy is the most interesting because we don't really know if she knows about Tom cheating on her and if she does she really doesn't care that much and in the trailer she ends up being with Gatsby.

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    1. Allison H.
      I agree with you. She is also another mysterious character that we dont know much about.

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    2. Maggie W.
      Ditto! I think that she knows that he's cheating on her and she's planning some sort of revenge. :)

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    3. Bekah G.
      I also think Daisy is an interesting character. and would like to find out more about her.

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    4. Ooh good point Maggie! I also think that she knows that Tom is cheating on her. I hope she gets her revenge;) -Aubrey m.

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    5. Do we want Daisy to cheat on Tom? Is that the kind of country we live in, get even?

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  6. Josie H
    -Daisy, because to me she seems to play off as a girl who doesn't know anything but she actually does. I have a feeling she knows about Tom's affairs and pay back is on its way. #Winning

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    1. Keisha R. I think so too Josie! And when she said that all her child could be was a fool, since she was a girl, I think that automatically means she know but is trying to play it off as nothing.

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    2. Jill W. Josie, you have a great point! I agree with you completely! and Keisha, you too!

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    3. Curtis B.
      I agree that she probably knows but when she quotes she hopes her daughter is a fool it strikes me as she'll do whatever she is told to do in front of peoples public opinions.

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    4. Carmen S.
      I also agree Josie! I think she knows that Tom is cheating also and just acting like its nothing and then when we least expect it she's going to do something about it.

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  7. I think Gatsby is the most interesting because he just appears in the book and Nick doesn't even know who he is, whereas Gatsby knows and remembers Nick. Nick wasn't expecting the man to be Gatsby at all. Also, I don't know enough about him which makes me more curious to read the book and find out more.

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  8. Jenny B.
    I think Gatsby is the most interesting because he is so mysterious. He also sounds like a decent guy who tries to find out about others.

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    1. Ashley B.
      I agree with you Jenny. Gatsby is very mysterious and you have a good point that Gatsby is a decent guy. He did buy a dress for someone he didn't know, and he also knows how to throw an amazing party.

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  9. Nikki N
    Gatsby is the most interesting because he seems like he always wants to have fun. He's also really nice like when he bought that girl a new gown when she ripped hers.

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  10. Myrtle Wilson; She seems like she will be a major antagonist in the book due to her scandalous affair with Tom Buchanan.

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    1. Rachel M. Demmer
      Ooo Isaac, nice thinking, I agree, I feel like she could do some real damage to some people's lives in this book.

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  11. Keisha R. I think Nick is the most interesting character right now because I really want to know why/how Gatsby remembers him and can't wait to see if he tells Daisy about her unfaithful hubby.

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    1. Jessie W.
      I never thought about that, if Nick would tell Daisy, but that would make for an interesting turnaroud.

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    2. Maria S.
      Yeah I never thought of it that way either but I completely agree. But I don't think nick would cause that doesn't seem like him.

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  12. Kendall K - I hate to be unoriginal but I also think Gatsby is the most interesting character. Mostly because we don't know much about him but we also know he is going to be a huge part of the book

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  13. Laila S.
    Daisy is the most interesting character because she is much more complex than what she appears to be on the surface. She hides behind an almost childlike facade of exuberance, but after Tom gets the phone call from Myrtle in Chapter 1, Daisy reveals to Nick how truly unhappy she is.

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    1. Emily C.
      I really like your perspective on Daisy. I agree! I think she knows much more than she leads us to believe. It will be interesting to see if/ when she shows us her true intelligence.

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  14. Alec S
    Gatsby is the most interesting character because everybody thinks that he killed someone or he is just a mean person. But when he talked to Nick at the party, he seemed to be a man that no one described right.

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    1. Matt R.
      Gatsby is not my most interesting character but he is a runner-up. I agree that he is interesting because we do not know much about him and why he gets phone calls from major cities in the U.S. It is a mystery of what is really going on with him and his background.

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  15. Troy M.
    I think that Gatsby is the most interesting character, the air of mystery that surrounds him makes you want to learn more about him.

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  16. Jacob B.
    I think Gatsby is the most interesting character because he is so mysterious that it draws your attention to the book so that you'll never miss any new details about him

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    1. I agree with Jacob. It might be able to pull you more into the book

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    2. Is our country mysterious in the 1920's? Do we have two different faces that we sell to the rest of the world?

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  17. Matt B.
    I think Gatsby is the most interesting character because they have all these rumors going around about him yet he is so mysterious so far in the book. Nick had been with Gatsby yet he never knew that it was Gatsby by him so he also does not seem to be that well known yet this far in the book.

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  18. Ashley B.
    I think Jay Gatsby is the most interesting character because we don't know much about him. He bought a gown for a young lady he doesn't even know, you turn the page, and there are rumors about him killing a man. There is a lot of mystery surronding the man, making him that much more interesting.

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    1. I agree with you Ashley that the rumors about Gatsby makes him more interesting.

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  19. Melissa G.
    I have to go with Gatsby being the best character. He makes you wonder what's going to happen next. I would like to see the world in Gatsby's eyes.

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    1. Nikki N
      me too, that would be pretty cool.

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    2. Lindsey R.
      I think it would be cool to see the book from Gatsby's perspective. He seems like he would be a totally different narrator than Nick and would add a lot more to the book.

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    3. Melissa B.
      I agree with you, Lindsey. It would put the book in a whole new light, so then we would learn more about Gatsby. If Gatsby was the narrator, we wouldn't know as much about the other characters though.

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  20. Matthew Z
    I think Jordan baker is the most interesting character because we don’t really know how she will fit in to the rest of the book. So far all she’s done is be a messenger for Gatsby and it makes one wonder if she will be important later on or not. And what role she will play

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  21. Jill W.
    In my opinion, Nick Carraway is the most interesting character because i don't know the real reason he is in the story. Tom, Daisy, Jordan, Myrtle, and the Gatsby are all hiding someone or something from the public. Nick seems to have some sort of information or relation to each and every one of them. I have a feeling that he is supposed to be a sort of "human eye" and watch down on people like the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg.

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    1. Emily C.
      Hey Jill! :) That's an interesting look at Nick being another symbol of watching! I think that Nick being so open and uninvolved in the conflicts of the plot helps him to be an effective narrator. He has little connection with any of the characters and that makes him describe and judge everyone kind of the same way.

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  22. Curtis B.
    Nick and Gatsby. You don't really know the true side to either of them. They both seem to try and please everyone. Nick pleases Tom Buchanaan by following him around with Myrtle and listening to peoples discussions yet never placing a true opinion. Gatsby buys stuff for people he doesn't invite with no explanation. In a way Nick and Gatsby are some what similar. Unknown to a many of the main characters.

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  23. Matt R.
    I personally think Jordan Baker is the most interesting character. She is different from everyone else. we do not know much about her, but she seems to be the person where she has two sides and we do not know the other side yet. I feel like she will change when we get farther into the book.

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  24. Lindsey R.
    I think Jordan is the most interesting character. We're only three chapters in and her character has already changed so much.

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  25. Jessie W.
    I think that Gatsby is the most interesting character because of his mysteriousness and how Nick is so unsure of what to think of him.

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  26. Melissa B.
    Personally, I think Jordan is the most interesting character. We are just starting to learn about her, but there's still so much mystery surrounding her. Gatsby is also a mysterious character, but he's a main character and we will learn more about him as the book goes on.

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    1. Kyle K.
      I agree with you Melissa she is very mysterious and we might not learn much about her since we will learn more anout Gatsby and who know what's going on with her?

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  27. Allison H.
    I think that Gatsby is the most interesting character because we don't know a lot about him. He seems very mysertious. I also think he is interesting because I think he might be hiding something.

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    1. al, I also agree with that! He just seems like he has something to hide and will be a major conflict in the story plot

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  28. Carmen S.
    I think that Gatsby is also the most interesting character because everyone thinks he's this good guy but then Nick says he killed someone. This book makes me want to keep reading to see if he actually did because I think there's a lot we still have to learn about Gatsby.

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  29. Kyle K.
    To me Gatsby is the most interesting charater so far due to the lack of knowledge we have of him and how he's in and out of the book and no one realizes it especially when Nick didn't even know he was talking to him. He is very mysterious, but he seems like a really nice guy with a great attitude.

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    1. I agree with you Kyle and how Nick didnt even know he was actually talking to Gatsby when he was.

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    2. Jordan F.
      I agree with you that not knowing stuff about somebody does make them interesting, especially when you here all these rumors about him and it makes you wounder whether any are true or what he is really like.

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    3. Bryce H. I agree with nyou Kyle about how Nick didnt even know he was actually talking to Gatsby when he was.

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    4. Sean B.
      I agree with you Kyle that he is a very mysterious man but he seems as if he is hiding something.

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  30. Jordan F.
    I think Nick is the most interesting character, because you see the book through him. Yo figure things out when he figures them out; You go where he goes in the book; and you see other characters how he sees them.

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  31. Bryce H. I think Gatsby is the most interesting character because he seems like hes a cool guy and his partys seem fun. Also because noone really knows anything about him and at his partys people just come and dont even know him. Also how Nick was talking to him but didnt know it was actually gatsby.

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    1. Logan N.
      I agree with Bryce because people seem to like him even though no one really knows him personally.

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    2. Brennan K. I agree Bryce that Gatsby is the best character because he makes you want to keep reading about him.

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  32. Maggie W.
    Hello friends :)
    I think Gatsby is the most interesting character because we know that he's going to play a big role in the book but we still don't know a lot about him. All the rumors about him keep me interested in the book because I want to find out what things are true about him.
    I <3 American studies... whoo!

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  33. Emily C.
    So far in the story, I am most interested by Gatsby. He has a reputation of bad guy and is rumored to have killed someone, but at the same time seems very friendly and throws parties with hundreds of guests! He seems very complex and I think the mystery of who his character really is makes him the most interesting.

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  34. Logan N.
    As of now I think Gatsby is the most interesting character just because people seem interested in him with the nice parties he throws even though they dont know his personality.

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  35. Rachel M. Demmer
    I wish I could say a different character than everyone else but I agree, Gatsby is the most interesting. We haven't met or talked to him very much, just heard a lot of rumors about him. So it will be interesting to find out what is and isn't true.

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  36. Sean B.
    I would say Gatsby is the most interesting because I think there is more going on in his life than what we have read about so far and that keeps me interested in him the most.

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  37. I would like to say that nick is the most interesting character because He lives in a run down "shack" of the east egg.

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  38. Bekah G.
    So far i think Nick has been a character that you empathize with but Gatsby has been one that you keep wondering about.

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  39. Brady C.
    I think Gatsby is the most interesting character because he seems very mysterious so far in the book since Nick doesn't know him that well himself and I believe that there is more to him in the story. I also think that Gatsby, as a character, represents the corruption of the "American Dream".

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  40. Riley P
    I feel as if Jay has been the most interesting charachter. We do not know much about him, and it keeps us wondering what his life is truly about. He is a very mysterious man and i feel like his backround has something to do with the way he is going about his parties.

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  41. Brennan K. I think Gatsby is the best character because he lives a mysterious life, and keeps you interested to the book.

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    1. Jack O. I agree with Brennan that Gatsby keeps you interested in the book

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  42. Brooke Wente
    I think Gaspey is the most interesting because he's misterious.

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  43. Aubrey m. I think Gatsby is the most interesting character so far because he is very mysterious and makes me want to know more about him. I think he is hiding something that we will find out later in the book.

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  44. Nikki C.
    I think Gatsby is the most interesting character. He's all mysterious, and he seems, well, generous.

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    1. Stephanie K.
      Daisy, because she's the symbol for a new woman.

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  45. Jake r
    I think tom is the most interesting corrector because he cheats in his wife

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  46. Haley R.
    I think that Gatsby is the most intresting charactor because he throws cool parties and no one knows where he gets all the money.

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    1. Terri Loso.
      Yeah he is interesting, he seems to always be alone even though he always invites guests over, and no one knows much about him, but yet they attend his paries.

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      You have a very good point. He is always alone, yet he has hundreds of guests. Does that add depth to Gatsby or just make him pathetic? Do you feel the need to know the host at every party you go to?

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  47. Terri Loso.
    i think that Nick is the most interesting charactor beacause he knows that Tom is cheating on Daisy and doesn't say anything about it and keeps it to himself.

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    1. Haley Randle.
      Wow Terri! Great statement, I totally agree, I can't beleive Nick doesn't tell because Daisy is kind of his cousin.

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  48. Jack O. I think Nick is the most interesting character in the book because nothing signifigant has happened to him so it makes you wonder why he is the main character and the narrator

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    1. Anna K.
      Good point Jack! That is very curious! It makes me want really continue reading and see how this plot develops and unfolds.

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    2. Abby M
      Oh Jack you're so smart!

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  49. Alison B.
    Daisy is the most interesting character due to her knowledge of Tom's affair and how she acts as if nothing is happening. I feel like her actions now will develop into a major part of the story line.

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  50. Zach O.
    In my opinion Gatsby is the most interesting character. he partys with people he doesn't know and buys expensive things for people he doesn't know.

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    1. Tyler C
      i agree Zach, he is a interesting guy and i like that he parties with random people and buys expensive things for them too.

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    2. Riley P
      I agree with Zach, he is a very mysterious man and he leaves us with many questions

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  51. Anna K.
    In my personal opinion, Daisy Buchanan is the most interesting character so far. She is interesting due to the fact that she stays with Tom even though she is subtly aware of his affair. Also, I believe she will be a major protagonist in the book and I'm excitied to see how her character develops.

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    1. Abby M
      I agree Anna. The fact that she is staying with Tom even though he is cheating makes me wonder. Daisy comes from money so it's not like she has to depend on him for that. I feel like Daisy just acts oblivious but actually is quite smart and just thinks that it'd be more of an advantage to act like she is uneducated and dontesn't know anything for her benefit.

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  52. Brandon C
    Gatsby because he is interesting and we don't know much about him.

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  53. Tyler C
    Gatsby because he is an interesting guy and he just goes with the flow.

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  54. Dylan G
    Tom because he isn't a good guy and cheats all the time.

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  55. Abby M
    I think that the most interesting character so far would be Daisy. We're finally learning about her past and how her and Gatsby's lives have crossed paths. I want to learn more about this love triangle and see how this all plays out.

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  56. Coral z
    My favorite charactorvwould have to be gatssby becuse hes very intrestin and has you guessing whats gonna happen next.

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