Great Gatsby Essay Example

“He hadn’t once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes. Sometimes, too, he stared around at his possessions in a dazed way, as though in her actual and astounding presence none of it was nay longer real. Once he nearly toppled down a flight of stairs.” | My opinion on this quote is that Gatsby, now that he had seen Daisy after 5 years is now confused and doesn’t know what to do with him self. My opinion is that Gatsby thought he was basically the perfect guy for Daisy and that now that he is rich and has a huge, beautiful house, that Daisy Would fall in love with him right away. But he soon realized that he wasn’t all that great, and he wasn’t all that he thought he was. Once he started to stare at all his possessions like it said “…..sometimes too, he stared around at his possessions in a dazed way….” He finally realized that some of his possessions weren’t as exciting as he thought they were. I think that Gatsby is trying to be someone he is not and he’s trying too hard to impress Daisy. | “Suddenly, with a strained sounds, Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily. “They’re such beautiful shirts,” she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. “it makes me sad because I’ve never seen such-such beautiful shirts before.” | In this quote it makes it sound like Daisy is crying because of the new shirts, and she is sad. But really in reality, she is not crying because she is sad, she is crying because she is so thankful and happy for the gift of the shirts. It shows she is thankful for the shirts when it says “…They’re such beautiful shirts”. There is shows that she likes that shirts and they are cute. She is happy. | “As I went over to say good-by I saw the expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby’s face, as though a faint doubt had occurred to him as to the quality of is present happiness. Almost five years! There must have