" Gatsby, his hands still in his pockets was reclining against the mantelpiece in a strained counterfeit of perfect ease, even boredom."
Wasn't he just freaking out in the previous paragraph? How is it that he manages to not only compose but also bore himself in such a short frame of time.
"Doe gasoline affect his nose?"
Referring to Daisy's driver. Fitzgerald didn't really specify the relevance of this snippet in the story but it did get me wondering why he added it.
"We haven't met for many years," said Daisy, her voice as matter of fact as it could be.
"Five years next November."
Pardon my slang in this next statement but Gatsby was just straight up creepin' when he said that. Having the date memorized any everything. Kinda obsessive if you ask me.
"They were sitting at either end of the couch looking at each other as if some question had been asked or was in the air, and every vestige of embarrassment was gone. Daisy's face was smeared with tears and when i came in she jumped and began wiping at it with her handkerchief before a mirror."
Again, apologies for the slang i am about to use. Why in the blue hell is Daisy crying? and what the hell happened when Nick was chillin in the yard?
"Oh, i've been in several things," he corrected himself. "I was in the drug business and then i was in the oil business. But i'm not in either one now."
Sooo, are we talking about some hard core drugs or was he a pharmacist? Because Gatsby's starting to sound a little scandal. . .
I didn't really have to many opinions on this chapter, other than the fact that Daisy is interested in Gatsby because she's a gold digger and Tom's cheating on Daisy with another gold digger, the book hasn't formed too many opinions on my part. I guess i will see if more unfold as i progress deeper into the book.
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