Deconstructive criticism seems to be a bit out of place amongst the other criticisms we have studied. All of the others seem to have much more of a real world application to them, one could change how they regularly go about their lives if they were to dedicate themselves to the ideology of, for example, feminism or marxism. Deconstructive criticism strays away from these other theories, and gives us a completely different way of looking at the world. One thing I like about deconstructive criticism is that, to me, it can be either perfectly objective, or completely subjective. It can deconstruct a text down to the base meanings of the words, and try to glean a meaning from that in as objective a manner as possible, but at the same time the base theory will also point out that everything can be interpreted and seen differently based on the person.
As f0r Tyson's deconstructive reading of the book, I had mixed feelings. To be perfectly honest, I am tired of hearing about George Wilson. In the entire book there are only a handful of characters, and the vast majority of them are wealthy. I think that instead of being the apparently virtuous downtrodden working class man, George Wilson might just be the unlucky, and weaker one. If given the opportunity, I have no doubt he would act just like the other more 'corrupted' characters in the book, and after all, he did murder Gatsby. Yes, admittedly he was in a bad state of mind, but when it comes down to it he made the decision to murder someone based off of what one man said. Also, the death of his wife was an accident, and he knew it, and he chose to get petty revenge over an accident. When it comes down to it, I think Wilson is just as bad as the rest.
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