The Great Gatsby
how does awareness of gatsby motivations and decisions affect our assessment of gatsby
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The fact that Gatsby's motivations come purely from dreams and attaining the one woman he's dreamed of his entire adult life evokes a sympathy in the reader that we otherwise would not feel. Let's face it, he's trying to steal another man's wife and break up a family.... that's not something we are usually sympathetic about!
The Great Gatsby