Great Gatsby #3

Who does Daisy truly love, if anyone?
It is clear to me that Daisy is in love with Gatsby and not Tom. The love that she had with Gatsby before he went to war has never broken. Although she did marry Tom, one of the primary reasons for her doing so was economic. However, when Tom and Gatsby fight she knows she must choose and although I think it goes against what she really feels she chose Tom. She probably decided to "love" Tom because even though he has been disloyal and awful to her, he is capable of protecting her financially because of his background and the way he makes his money.

What symbol does Fitzgerald most effectively use to demonstrate the purpose of the book?
Without a shadow of a doubt, I believe that the Valley of Ashes is the strongest symbol in The Great Gatsby. The Valley exhibits how gluttonous the rich really are while at the same time it shows how desperate the poor are. It also helps to facilitate the idea that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. The Valley brings to light how overindulging Gatsby really is and why this is what gets him killed.

Is Daisy an anti-hero? Why or why not?
I do not think that Daisy was an anti-hero because while I did not like her and thought she wasn't at all the archetypal hero, I also did not think that she was hero like in anyway. She was materialistic and caused Gatsby a great deal of intellectual and emotional trouble which I also didn't appreciate. But on the other hand I understand that a lot of how one views Daisy is based on their expectations of her behavior.

When so different why did Nick and Gatsby live on the same egg?
The only logical explanation I can think of for this is that Nick and Gatsby both represent Fitzgerald in different ways. Since we researched Fitzgerald and know about his background it is easy to see how Gatsby represents him when he had money, a wild party-animal socialite. Whereas, Nick is more representative of his  balanced, level-headed self which came out more when the money wasn't there and he wasn't able to live the way he thought he wanted to. Because they both represent Fitzgerald, that is why I believe he makes them so misleadingly close both physically and relationship wise.