Bewilderment (Pages 85-96)

Throughout The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald has continually built up the character Jay Gatsby. In this previous section, I was very impressed at Fitzgerald's ability to build the tension between Gatsby and Daisy. The way that he describes the various actions taken by Gatsby that were advances for conversation and interaction seemed very real. The dream like state that Gatsby walked through his house in was portrayed so wonderfully by this idea that the beauty of Daisy was overpowering all else in the house. I found the diction in this particular selection of the book to be picked wonderfully. The author developed a dark setting with the rain and the gloom that was about then altered the mood by changing the weather and brightening up the relationship of the reunited friends. I wonder if Fitzgerald did this on purpose. It created a nice emotional story by writing so much about the nature then having the human(Daisy) be more beautiful than any manmade object that Gatsby could show off in the hopes of impressing his guests. I also liked how they eventually had nothing to do so they fell back on another splendor in life by having a guest play the piano. When Fitzgerald was describing events taking place, he used words that I found both as wonderful diction, and funny to the current situation. "...Began to cry stormily"(Page 92), was my favorite because of the way that he had described the rain and weather earlier in the reading. I ma curious as to what is going to develop between Gatsby and Daisy. By the description of Nick, they are already becoming a couple as easily as they had before. While he is leaving they are so out of it that they barely notice his going. I would like to know if Gatsby has fallen so hard for Daisy so quickly because of infatuation or because of their history together.