我说，您不会读盖茨比，以了解通奸是好还是坏，而是要了解诸如通奸，忠诚和婚姻等复杂问题。一本伟大的小说增强了您对生活和个人复杂性的感官和敏感性，并阻止您摆脱对固定公式的善与恶的自以为是。
(You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such as adultery and fidelity and marriage are. A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed formulas about good and evil.)