Which is the most interesting?

Please be familiar/have access to “The Great Gatsby”

Which of these readings do you find most interesting (and why)? Which do you find yourself most sharply agreeing or disagreeing with, and why do you find yourself agreeing/disagreeing? Would you say that any of these readings has changed any of your thoughts on The Great Gatsby?

You may answer however you wish, but you must refer to at least three of the assigned readings: the excerpts you read by Gerald Graff, The Great Gatsby, and at least one of the other readings. Your answer should be in the form of an informal essay of at least 750 words.

Lionel Trilling, excerpt from The Liberal Imagination (pdf)

Lois Tyson, “Everything You Wanted to Know” (in Critical Theory Today)

Jonathan Culler, “What Is Theory?” (in Literary Theory)

Gerald Graff, excerpts from Beyond the Culture Wars (pdf)

George Will, “Literary Politics” (pdf)
Stephen Greenblatt, “Turning Literature Into a Celebration” (pdf)