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The Great Gatsby Isolation Quotes Page 3
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #7 "Your place looks like the World’s Fair," I said. |
Clearly Gatsby’s in need of some company. Although he has all the toys a man can buy, he’s still bored and lonely.
| Quote #8 He stayed there a week, walking the streets where their footsteps had clicked together through the November night and revisiting the out-of-the-way places to which they had driven in her white car. (8.28) |
Gatsby’s longing for Daisy is only exacerbated by his actions when he gets back to Louisville, such as revisiting all the places they had gone together.
| Quote #9 Next morning I sent the butler to New York with a letter to Wolfsheim, which asked for information and urged him to come out on the next train. That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it. I was sure he’d start when he saw the newspapers, just as I was sure a there’d be a wire from Daisy before noon—but neither a wire nor Mr. Wolfsheim arrived; no one arrived except more police and photographers and newspaper men. When the butler brought back Wolfsheim’s answer I began to have a feeling of defiance, of scornful solidarity between Gatsby and me against them all. (9.20) |
Much to Nick’s surprise, everyone neglects to honor Gatsby’s memory. It’s tragic for two reasons. In the first place, Gatsby’s life was full of people who didn’t truly care about him. Second, abandoning Gatsby is a sad attestation to how shallow and selfish people can be. Nick’s disgust with everyone who attended Gatsby’s parties, Gatsby’s business partners, and even Gatsby’s one true love seems justified. What do you think?
