The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald seems to have an incredible grasp on the method of foreshadowing throughout the novel so far, so when Meyer Wolfsheim describes Gatsby as "very careful about women. He would never so much as look at a friend's wife" (Fitzgerald, 72), it makes me wonder about Gatsby and his love for Daisy. I just read Jordan's account of Daisy and Jay Gatsby as younger adults, and how they had been separated by the war and eventually by Daisy's marriage to Tom. This move to West Egg, reaching out to Daisy through her friends, and these elaborate parties are all a cry out to Daisy, he wants her to notice him and to realize he's still there for her. When Jordan talks about Daisy waking her six weeks prior to ask about what Gatsby she was referring to when she had dined with Nick, Jordan, and Tom, I felt a rush of hope for the once-young lovers. Tom is miserable, Daisy is miserable, Myrtle is miserable, Mr. Wilson is miserable, and Jay Gatsby is desperate for his love. They might as well all switch to be with who they want to be with, or in the case of Tom, he should switch to the woman who he's been cheating with on Daisy. There are so many complications with relationships in this story- it's all exhausting, for the reader, and I'm sure the characters themselves.
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