Response paper great Gatsby

choose one of the prompts too talk about:

Does money bring happiness in The Great Gatsby, destroy happiness, or have no effect?
How does Jordan’s “carelessness” indicate dissatisfaction? Why is wealthy society so careless? Provide specific textual evidence to support your answer.

Does Gatsby achieve the American Dream? If yes, when exactly can he say that he reaches it? If no, what prevents him from truly achieving it? What does Fitzgerald appear to be arguing about The American Dream in the novel? Provide specific textual evidence to support your answer.

Is Gatsby in the same social class as Wilson? If not, is he closer to Wilson’s class, or to Tom’s? Where does Meyer Wolfsheim stand in all of this? What about Nick? What social class does Nick fit into? Provide specific textual evidence to support your answer.

Is Gatsby great? In what way? How might he not be great? Does his greatness evolve over the course of the novel? What is the difference, in this text, between perceived greatness and actual greatness? Provide specific textual evidence to support your answer.

Discuss the relationship between Nick and Jordan Baker. How does it reflect, if at all, on the story of Gatsby and Daisy? What does the relationship between Nick and Jordan reveal about Nick himself? Provide specific textual evidence to support your answer.