I would answer that, of course, it should be taught. I would wonder why this is even an issue. Why wouldn't it be taught?
The novel is sophisticated, top-tier literature. It may be the best love story of the 20th century.
One test of literature is the level of ambiguity in the work. Life is ambiguous, and ambiguity is something that novels can do better than any other art form. Novels should be ambiguous, like life. Again, that is one of the main reasons novels should be studied. Other art forms can do other things better than a novel, but no other art form can reveal ambiguity like a novel.
And Gatsby reveals ambiguity about as well as anything written in the 20th century.
The characters are mixtures of positive and negative traits; Gatsby's obsession is both sublime--if that term can be applied to something that doesn't deal with nature--and idealistic and foolish; Daisy is both greedy, and a woman living in a man's world with little option for improvement except marrying wealthy.
If for no other reason, The Great Gatsby should be taught because it reveals the ambiguities of existence.
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