The purpose of Meyer Wolfsheim as a character seems to be to give background to Gatsby's character. It gives the reader insight on who Gatsby is, as Wolfsheim is a friend of his. Wolfsheim was a part of Gatsby's past and so the reader starts to make a lot of assumptions about Gatsby after meeting Wolfsheim. When I first met Wolfsheim and learned what he had done, I started doubting Gatsby more and who he was. I saw him as a more shady character than before. The love story that Jordan Baker tells Nick about Jay and Daisy five years earlier is really interesting. The reader sees a different Gatsby through this story. For the first time, you see that Gatsby genuinely cares more than just on the surface of things. He does nice things for his guests because he doesn't want trouble. The things that Gatsby does for Daisy show that he does care more than. He's sweet on her and it shows his soft side. It makes the reader like him more, see that there is more of him and that perhaps he is a real person.
The story of the rest of Gatsby's past changed how I looked at him because for the first time, he is discovered. One's past can say a lot about a person but I think with Gatsby it created more questions. It made Gatsby more real and more interesting in my eyes.
Over these past three chapters, my opinion of Gatsby pretty much changed every chapter, because I got a different view of him in each chapter. I saw him differently in each chapter as different aspects of his life were adressed. However all the same, I saw him as more of a real person in these chapters.
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