1) What was the purpose of the Eckleburg billboard?
I felt the billboard was to be used as a symbol that a higher power, whose abilities and control have worn away, sees all and does not hide the truth.
2) Which character is most important to the development of Gatsby's character, other than the obvious Nick Carraway?
I saw Tom as the most important because he shows up Gatsby with Daisy, and in showing him (Gatsby) how Daisy's character really is, Gatsby's true reactions and emotions begin flooding out of his mouth without a filter of any sort.
3) What is Nick's purpose in the story?
He's more of a bystander, in my opinion. His only real purpose is to show a close relationship to Gatsby so that we, as the audience, can sort of begin to root for him.
4) Do you think the reader is supposed to feel sympathy for Tom at the end of the story?
Personally, I do not, nor did I ever, feel any sympathy for Tom. I hated him from the beginning. Anyone who takes his course of action in flaunting his mistress in front of his wife's own face deserves what he gets. However, had it been me writing Gatsby, I would've made Tom suffer more. A LOT more.
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