Gatsby seems to always be engrossed in the big picture of life. It seems as though he has the need to live his life to the fullest and cant take his time to enjoy the slow un eventful times of his life. The sad thing is is that Gatsby can always have his full life because of his money, but i feel like he needs some more alone time and time with one person I.E. Daisy so that his life becomes enjoyable versus a constant need for more. After the scene where Gatsby is finally connecting with Daisy, there is reason to believe that she may be the gate way into a happy more fitting life style for Gatsby. I also think that we are going to see many more changes in Gatsby's personality and not only the way he lives his life.
I agree, and there's some clear evidence for this too. First of all, we know Gatsby likes to throw parties quite constantly. In the most recent chapter he even testifies to this with the quote: "I keep it always full of interesting people, night and day. People who do interesting things. Celebrated people."
ReplyDeleteIn addition keeping constant parties to keep things happening in his life, Gatsby also seems to want things to happen constantly when he's outside his house. Just look at this quote from the fifth chapter:
"'Let's go to Coney Island, old sport. In my car.'
'It's too late.'
'Well, suppose we take a plunge in the swimming pool? I haven't made use of it all summer.'"
These random suggestions may very well be Gatsby wishing to simply make something happen during a dull moment.