The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald- 5

As The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald continues and chapter 3 rolls around, Nick has the opportunity to see his idol, Gatsby. As he sees him, Nick is in awe. "He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced- or seemed to face- the whole external world for an instant and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself" [Fitzgerald, 48]. I think that for a moment in Nick's life, he felt understood by someone. He felt connected with Gatsby on a deeper level. Something he probably never felt before. It might have been his awe for Gatsby or it might have been that he really felt this way. As Gatsby leaves the room, Nick is left with Jordan Baker and commences to ask her many questions about Gatsby. Jordan tells him that she only goes to Gatsby's house for the parties and does not really care for Gatsby. Nick is left with many questions and still does not understand what Gatsby's luxury comes from. Gatsby is a very reserved, strange man.