Going from readings about the perspective of populations facing
social inequalities, to the privileged few is an interesting change.
Everybody in Nick's world appears to be so materialistic and concerned
about reputation. Tom and Daisy are an interesting example. They are
married and can obtain any materialistic need imaginable, and yet they
are unhappy together. However they stay together anyway because of
their status.
Another interesting character is Gatsby
who is slowly introduced into the story, and towards the later chapters
it is slowly revealed how tenacious and calculating he is in order to
obtain his dream. Just because of all of early signs of how
overly-calculating he is, I am not convinced that he loves Daisy at this
point, rather he is in love with the idea of being in love.
He
spent 5 years or something like that building the scenario for an
idealistic reunion where he has enough money, and perhaps even sabotaged
her marriage with Tom? A lot of the finer details are still missing,
so I have high hopes for Gatsby when those are filled in since he is
probably called great for a reason.
A
total aside, but I found it a little interesting about how Gatsby's
early introduction reminds of the count in The Count of Monte Cristo if
anybody has ever read or seen that.
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