An idea can also function as an antagonist: Gatsby is also fighting against the bourgeois prejudice of elite 1920s New York City, where “old money”-such as the Buchanans-is worth more than new money, as exemplified by the divide between East Egg and West Egg. While Gatsby is our protagonist, the one who we want to succeed, his success would mean ousting his beloved Daisy’s husband, Tom Buchanan. Also, “a static and undeveloped character of two dimensions” (Knorr and Schell 165).
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