What would you like to change in the novel The Great Gatsby?

If I could change something about The Great Gatsby, I would change the fact that Gatsby is still in love with Daisy. She is selfish and materialistic and she doesn't care who she hurts. She is unworthy of his devotion. If he did not still love her, he would not have bothered to return to her life, and he would not have been shot by George Wilson, Myrtle's husband. He would not have been...

If I could change something about The Great Gatsby, I would change the fact that Gatsby is still in love with Daisy. She is selfish and materialistic and she doesn't care who she hurts. She is unworthy of his devotion. If he did not still love her, he would not have bothered to return to her life, and he would not have been shot by George Wilson, Myrtle's husband. He would not have been with Daisy, Nick, Tom, and Jordan in New York City, and Wilson could not have seen his car. Daisy could not have killed Myrtle if she'd not been with Gatsby, and thus Wilson could not have assumed that Gatsby was his wife's lover and blamed him for her death.  

Certainly, Gatsby is not an innocent: he's told many lies, has plenty of shady business dealings, and the like. However, he is not a bad person (though he may do some bad things and know some bad people). His love for Daisy is innocent, and it unjustly crushes him because she cannot and does not love him back in the same way: she could never have let him take responsibility for Myrtle's death if she did. Therefore, his love for her is what I would change about the novel.