The Human stain First Thoughts

My first thoughts that came to me were, who is the narrator? There is not much information on this guy, and its hard to tell who the narrator is until he starts talking to Coleman. I liked how the book opened up about what was going on during this time period like the Clinton affair. This shows how Coleman and Clinton are extremely similar. I am confused on how the wife died, and weather his affair had anything to do with her death.

Gatsby Characters

I feel as though most of the characters in the great Gatsby are rich snobs. "I like your dress,.. Mrs. Wilson rejected the compliment by raising her eye brow in disdain."(31). Mrs. Wilson can not take a simple complement about her dress and instantly says "It's just a crazy old thing, I just slip it on sometimes when I don't care what I look like." (31). This shows how overly confident she is, and her feeling of power that she craves. None of the characters in this book remind me of anybody. The female characters have been portrayed as not equal to the men. They are subdued by there male counter parts. Tom states his dominance over Myrtle by physically breaking her nose.