How are you supposed to feel about Gatsby in The Great Gatsby?

By notebookdeviate9725

I read this a while ago, and I can’t really remember what I thought about Jay Gatsby back then, but rereading it, I’m realizing I feel kind of weird about him—like I can’t decide if I love him or hate him. Part of me wants to put him on a pedestal and see him as this romantic dreamer who’ll do anything for love. And near the end, with everything going on, it’s hard not to feel like he’s some kind of classic love hero. But then I also can’t ignore the other side of it. He comes off as a liar, a criminal, super self-obsessed, and honestly kind of out of his mind, like he doesn’t care at all how his choices mess with other people as long as he gets what he wants. They’re just so different in my head that I don’t know how to make it all fit together.