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Malice- A Commentary |
| Malice is reoccurring theme in this novel. It comes up in the formation, nurturing, and the confusion of the many intertwined relationships throughout the book. One specific and crucial example was on page 137 when Gatsby reveals to Tom, "Your wife doesn't love you...She's never loved you. She loves me". After this turn of events, Tom was feeling malicious towards Gatsby, he wanted to get back at him for this, get revenge. Tom had such a world of emotions going on, he was full of confusion, surprise, malice, and sadness. I also thought that Daisy felt a bit of malice towards Gatsby for bringing all of this up so bluntly and not making it a more calm and reserved approach. All in all, I think that the malice throughout this book really contributed to the character developments and the developments of the relationships. |
| Colleen Wienke |