The Great Gatsby

Gatsby: pages 13-21

Tom seems to be your classic, overbearing husband.  He has no regards or respect for the thoughts and opinions of others.  He seems to be constantly interupting people as though what they have to say doesn't matter.  He treats Daisy like a child that he has to somehow tolerate.  In this section of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby though, we are bombarded with more information on the other characters.

"Don't talk.  I want to hear what happens" (Fitzgerald, 14).  Miss Baker reminds me of my mom; she too tends to shamelessly eavesdrop and somehow obtain knowledge of other people's lives.  I think Miss Baker will be the reader's source to information, for she seems to have it all.  I was further disgusted with Tom when she revealed to Carraway that "Tom's got some woman in New York" (Fitzgerald, 15).  How could he so shamelessly be cheating on his wife?  Daisy always seems to be chirping away happily, but there has to be some kind of darkness within her; she must feel trapped. 

On a side note, what was Gatsby creepin' on from the other side of the waters at the end of this chapter?  What does he want?