Post 2 Clarisa Franceschelli

I believe that the story changes a lot since Gatsby meets Daisy. This encounter provokes conisderable changes in the characters and in the plot as well .

Nick, who before was Tom’s accomplice, now helps Gatsby and becomes his only friend. Jay Gatsby is finally described, he is a very calm man, who only wants to go back to the past and get Daisy’s love back.

Daisy starts showing her real feelings for her husband and she starts changing her attitude towards him. She seems to be puzzled about Gatsby’s appearance but at the same time she is curious and excited about it.

Tom and Gatsby don’t get along very well. And Tom starts suspecting about Daisy’s and her relationship with her new friend. I believe Tom is afraid of loosing her.

“An hour later the front door opened nervously, and Gatsby, in a white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold-colored tie, hurried in. He was pale, and there were dark signs of sleeplessness beneath his eyes.”

“Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes.”

            

 I’ve chosen these quotations for several reasons. First of all I can picture Gatsby in mi mind and for me it is really funny to see a man in his thirties being so nervous about meeting a woman. At this point in the story he looks like a frightened child to me. Secondly, this part clearly shows how important is Daisy in his life. He has a mixture of feelings; he is nervous, and happy and terrified all at the same time. He wants to impress Daisy, and he has been waiting for this moment for a long time. For him, this is the beginning of the rest of his life, he is starting to live his dream, at least this is what he thinks…