The Great Gatsby Part 5

This is the final blog post on the Great Gatsby. This week's prompt was to write about anything having to do with The Great Gatsby that I haven't discussed already. I have decided to write about what is revealed about Gatsby and Daisy based upon their reactions to each other when they meet at Nick’s house in chapter 5. When I went back to review this scene I saw two people who had a very deep love for each other.  Why I saw this was from how worried and nervous Gatsby was when first meeting with Daisy. Another point that showed the love they felt for one another is their conversation, since they talked for hours trying to catch up all the lost time.

What this scene all so shows are these characters insecurities, mainly Gatsby’s. We see a whole new side of Gatsby with him being not just awkward but having low self confidence. We first see this low self confidence at the very start when Gatsby has trouble even facing her much less starting a conversation with Daisy, but he finally builds enough courage to say hello and thankfully the conversation went on from there. In Daisy's case she was more surprised and alarmed than anything, and of course full of joy, the only problem was what do you say to a person that you loved 5 years ago. So, this also reveals the awkward side of Daisy. Over all bringing people together after a long period of time will result in people lacking self confidence and creating a awkward situation, but after you get through the difficult parts everything becomes easier.