Gatsby Ch. 1

In this first chapter of The Great Gatsby, we are introduced to find that this story is going to be told from an objective view. This is to say that the judgement of characters will have no preference of good or bad, merely facts. I do believe, however, that there are some nasty people given from the start. One of the first people met is Tom, a rich polo-player with an uncouth attitude. That alone does not make him an antagonist or even a troublemaker for the book. However, later on in the same chapter, we are given hints to his dubious actions of cheating on his wife Daisy. Daisy is an airhead. She puts on a superficial air to herself and everything about her seems forced when the reader is introduced to her. The reader can tell she knows, or at least suspects, that Tom is cheating on her, but she ignores it. This leads us to wonder what Daisy truly wants, love or money? Nick even outright tells Daisy about Tom's actions, and she does nothing to stop it. You can see an intelligent woman beneath the dimwitted foolishness she presents the world. I believe that this will either be a main portion of the story line, or at least some sort of side story with a strong significance or moral. I also think that Tom will somehow end up losing Daisy somewhere along the book.