Wonder (Page 61-72)

So far in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald I have felt a mood of mystery woven in the writings, but in this past reading a new sensation came to my mind. Wonder. I began to not just feel the mystery induced by the lack of knowledge of the characters, but now with glimpses of what their histories contain, only wonder fills my head. I wonder about what will the next excursion with this most intriguing Mr. Gatsby will bring about. It seems as though this book could go into any different direction at all and I would not be surprised at all. Hopefully I would be awed at how such an intricate introduction to the story could face about and turn into a well-thought-out story line. Even Nick seems to begin to feel this wonder in the air. I sensed he did through the way he included the descriptions of the outcomes of some peoples lives in the list of those that visited Mr. Gatsby's that summer. He even seems to declare his feelings of wonder when he thinks, "Even Gatsby could happen, without any particular wonder"(Page 69). I was not sure wether Fitzgerald was trying to imply that the Jewish man in the story had a particular dialect because of the way that he spelled out the Jewish man's words. It seems nearly impossible to even attempt to guess what will happen next, but I cannot lie I am excited to figure out the relationship with Jordan and the possibility of figuring out the "sad event" in Gatsby's past.