Gatsby: pages 147-156
Relationships are starting to unravel. Carraway no longer as any interest in Jordan Baker. I think he finally realizes that she's not really worth his time. She is a self-absorbed young woman, and he no longer wants to waste his time with her anymore. Similarly, Carraway truly believes that Gatsby can do and DESERVES better than Daisy. It's pointless to try to convince him of this though. Gatsby has blocked off reality to hold on a little bit longer to his five year-long fairy tale in which he and Daisy run away together at last. "He couldn't possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do. He was clutching at some last hope and I couldn't bear to shake him free" (Fitzgerald, 148). Fitzgerald reveals at this point in The Great Gatsby how mentally unstable Gatsby now is. He has imagined this fantasy ending to his and Daisy's story for so long, he refuses to believe that it's never going to happen. Shame on Daisy for not putting him out of his misery!
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