"They're such beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. "It makes me sad because I've never seen such--such beautiful shirts before."
This quotation shows us two different aspects of Daisy:
- She is extremely materialistic. I think that this characteristic could have been easily applied to most women in those days. Money occupied a crucial place when deciding to accept or reject a marriage proposal. Daisy's reaction and her tears in a way symbolize an understanding of what she has given up by choosing to marry Tom over Gatsby.
- At the same time, we can infer that it is in that moment in which she realizes who she really wanted to spend her life with. She is probably hiding her true feelings, by showing a reaction typical of a shallow person.
The changes I noticed:
- I started seeing Gatsby more as a person. During the first chapters the things we knew about him were just rumors. In the following ones, we discover his feelings and his past.
- The advise that Nick's father gave him, is no longer followed by the charecter. He started criticising most of the other characters. He even praise himself: "Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.
I don't know what will happen next but, I think that the hide business Gatsby carries out must be figured out by Nick.
Highly reflective post, well backed up by reference to the text.
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Probably, he has always judged other people. The point is that he is the narrator and he is not going to tell us so. As we keep on reading, we realize that he is not as honest as he says and besides, criticizes all the characters except for Gatsby.
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