The Great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald (pg 86-102)

I originally thought that the main character might be Nick. I thought this odd because of the name of the book. The focus of the book in the beginning is how Nick meets Gatsby and learns about Gatsby through what others said.  I thought Nick was the main character because this focus on Nick’s learning about Gatsby and not Gatsby himself.  This changes in the fifth chapter and now the focus is on what Gatsby is doing.  Gatsby in his quest to talk with Daisy becomes the main topic of the story.   “He had passed visibly through two states and was entering upon a third.  After his embarrassment and his unreasoning joy he was consumed with wonder at her presence.  Gatsby originally seems to be a very distant, detached person.   Now we begin to learn that his detached thoughts were focused on meeting Daisy, not just because he didn’t care.  Throughout the chapter, his emotions change as the quote suggests.  We learn that he really does care.  He was just so preoccupied with meeting Daisy.