“‘Gatsby bought the house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.’ Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night. He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor” (78).
Nick’s realization about Gatsby, emergent from insight Jordan gave him about Gatsby’s background, portrays Gatsby in an emotional light that enables Nick to see him as human. The complete mystery of Gatsby’s existence and how and why he came to West Egg fades away as Nick is informed of his past with Daisy. The explanation that “he had waited five years and bought a mansion” to be near Daisy illustrates the love that Gatsby has for Daisy. Nick’s relationship with Jordan and his recognition that Gatsby too loves a woman enables him to relate to Gatsby. This ability to relate allows Gatsby to “[come] alive” to Nick.
Mary-An appropriately romantic post about a romantic moment in the novel on today, Valentine's Day. Everything seems so easy right now...why doesn't the novel just end here? Surely it will move towards a happy ending, right? ;-)
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