The Great Gatsby

Gatsby: pages 97-111

Gatsby is confiding so much in Carraway...he must be the first friend he's had/trusted in years!  In Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Gatsby revealed his utter poverty before he happened across his fortune from an old friend. 

Gatsby is literally obsessed with Daisy.  I can't decide if it's creepy or romantic.  He was devastated when she didn't have a good time at one of his lavish parties.  He is living in the past, and is convinced that he can resurrect the relationship he and Daisy once shared.  Half crazy with desperation, he says to Carraway, "'I'm going to fix everything just the way it was before...she'll see'" (Fitzgerald, 110).  I'm starting to think that Gatsby is somewhat delusional.  Does he really think he can erase five years of change and win her back?  What is he going to do next?

I'm so distracted by Gatsby and Daisy that I didn't really care that Carraway and Miss Baker kissed!  I don't see that relationship going very far; she is too shallow.