In this passage from The Great Gatsby, I found the way that F. Scott Fitzgerald continued to reveal more of the traits that Tom has very intriguing. It seems that everything included about Tom is to show his true motivation behind things. Motivation can be spoken and unspoken, so I get into attempting to figure out the unspoken motivations. In these past pages, I feel as though the revelation of the way that Tom has a girl on the side, he attempts to appear smart, and the comments about racism reveal that he is motivated by pride. He wants to not only be the best, but also control other people. Why does he want to introduce Nick to his girl? Simply to show off. He is only interested in making himself look better. I wonder if the author is building this character up to better contrast another to be introduce? After the brief section about who Nick thinks was Gatsby outside his home only stirred my curiosity. I just want to know about this Gatsby fellow more and more. When will Nick be introduced to his neighbor? What was the trembling about? "He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, as far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling"(Page 20-21), brought my attention to the fact that Nick still has not been properly introduced to his neighbor that I so badly want to know more about.
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