Closing The Great Gatsby

  I think Gatsby could be labeled as great. Throughout the book we can see that he did his best to get back to Daisy. He was determined to get her back no matter what it took. He did thinks that he thought and knew would impress Daisy because he was so devoted to her. There is no real prove that he wasn't great.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 2

 -Tom seems to be proud that he is cheating on Daisy with  Mirtle. I infer this because of the way he tells Nick "We're getting off!' he insisted."I want you to meet my girl."
-Tom once again seems to try to state that he is superior than everyone else because he asks Wilson how business is doing while clearly it looks like it isn't going well.
-We can see how much Tom thinks he is superior when he is asked by Dr.Eckleburg asks if Wilson suspects anything from Tom and his wife and Tom responds that "He's so dumb he doesn't know he is alive."
-Mrs.Wislon feels like she is more than everyone else because she is with Tom and because she has things.

From everything I have read I can infer that Tom likes to surround himself around people who like to think they are superior than everyone else.

Resources

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/jared-taylor

https://www.thedailybeast.com/homeland-security-disbands-domestic-terror-intelligence-unit

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/knights-ku-klux-klan

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8xd12xb

https://www.adl.org/adl-hate-crime-map

https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/hate-crime-statistics

https://www.hrc.org/blog/new-fbi-statistics-show-alarming-increase-in-number-of-reported-hate-crimes

https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/loyal-white-knights-of-the-ku-klux-klan

https://www.njhomelandsecurity.gov/analysis/tag/Loyal+White+Knights+of+the+Ku+Klux+Klan

https://www.aclu.org/other/how-usa-patriot-act-redefines-domestic-terrorism

People: Jared Taylor,

CUE THEME MUSIC

 I think that the theme of "The Great Gatsby"  is to not let your memories kill you. I heard this from someone who was around when they had stabbed my friend. At that time I didn't know what it meant but after a couple of struggles and years you learn that if you let those things take control of your life it will end up killing you.