In Nick's recollection, he wanted the people in the world to be prease and more respectful and kind to each other no matter the moral. Why is Gatsby "exempt" from Nick's reaction? because it is the first step in admitting his envy and jealousy over him. He represented everything he hated.
He briefly mentions the hero of his story, Gatsby, saying that Gatsby represented everything he scorns, but that he exempts Gatsby completely from his usual judgments.
Nick is talking in this passage and he says, "Only Gatsby, the man you gave his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction." Nick is saying this because Gatsby is the only one in this book that was born poor even though Gatsby represents everything that Nick hates he exempts him for it because he worked for his ...
Jordan Baker instinctively avoided clever, shrewd men, and now I saw that this was because she felt safer on a plane where any divergence from a code would be thought impossible.
Nick is confused and disgusted since he began to see the reality of the delusion and corruption of ethics that they live in (the fact that Tom is openly cheating on his wife and how Jordan is acting like a little girl and gossiping). This suggests that he his high values that reflect honesty and fidelity and integrity.
It was encapsulated in the moment of Gatsby and Daisy's first kiss. As soon as Gatsby kissed Daisy, all of his fantasies about himself and his future fixated solely on her. Hearing this description of Gatsby's love, Nick is close to remembering some related phrase or song, but he can't quite reach the memory.
But here's what we think is going on: Nick realizes that chasing a future dream just ends up miring us in the past. All of our dreams are based on visions of our past self, like Gatsby who in the past believed that he would end up with Daisy and who believed in the American myth of the self-made man.
Actually, Nick had a falling out with Jordan. As the tragedy begins to unfold and Nick sees the naiveté of Gatsby, he contrasts that to the corruption of Tom and Jordan. He's from the Midwest where moral values are more entrenched than in the East.
Jordan Baker
Although she becomes Nick's girlfriend, Nick only feels lightly affectionate toward her and is mostly spurred on by a sense of "curiosity" about her. While she may love him, Nick is put off by the fact that Jordan is dishonest and has a tendency to cheat in golf games.
So by the end of the novel, Nick sees Jordan is just as self-centered and immoral as Tom and Daisy, and his earlier infatuation fades to disgust. She, in turn, calls him out for not being as honest and careful as he presents himself as.
Nick Carraway, the protagonist and narrator, starts The Great Gatsby by sharing a lesson his dad taught him: not to judge others, as most haven't had the privileges and opportunities he's had.
Why is Gatsby "exempt" from Nick's reaction? because it is the first step in admitting his envy and jealousy over him. He represented everything he hated. What is Nick's attitude toward his new life on the East coast?
Nick was not judgemental At all at the beginning of the book he followed his father's advice of having no judgement towards but as the book continues he changed and started to judge others such as Tom and Daisy, Gatsby, and Jordan.
The only people to attend the funeral are Nick, Owl Eyes, a few servants, and Gatsby's father, Henry C. Gatz, who has come all the way from Minnesota. Henry Gatz is proud of his son and saves a picture of his house.
I've always been glad I said that. It was the only compliment I ever gave him, because I disapproved of him from beginning to end.” Nick addresses these words to Gatsby the last time he sees his neighbor alive, in Chapter 8. This moment nicely captures Nick's ambivalent feelings about Gatsby.
In many ways, Nick is an unreliable narrator: he's dishonest about his own shortcomings (downplaying his affairs with other women, as well as his alcohol use), and he doesn't tell us everything he knows about the characters upfront (for example, he waits until Chapter 6 to tell us the truth about Gatsby's origins, even ...
Nick comes to an understanding of the nature of his neighbour's desire and his obsessive love. Jordan conveys Gatsby's request to be invited to Nick's house when Daisy is present. The chapter ends with Nick embracing and kissing Jordan.
In a queer reading of Gatsby, Nick doesn't just love Gatsby, he's in love with him. In some readings, the tragedy is that Gatsby doesn't love him back. In others, Gatsby is as repressed as Nick, each chasing an unavailable woman to avoid admitting what he truly desires.
Nick is interested in getting to know and date Jordan. However, his feelings towards her are superficial, and this infatuation comes to an end when he discovers who Jordan really is - she's 'incurably dishonest' and incapable of commitment.
Nick and Jordan's relationship is unique in the novel—they're not having an affair, unlike Tom/Myrtle and Daisy/Gatsby, and they're not married, unlike Myrtle/George and Daisy/Tom.
Nick admits he is flattered to escort her. Jordan is attractive, but in a non-conventional way, perhaps even somewhat like a young cadet .
The relationship between Nick and Jordan did not work out for many reasons; it was also mutual. They both were not used to being serious with another. They both pushed each other away because they didn't know how to deal with their feelings.
The Last Line of The Great Gatsby. The last sentence of this novel is consistently ranked in the lists of best last lines that magazines like to put together. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. So what makes this sentence so great?
Daisy does not want to be seen attending Gatsby's funeral because she does care about her reputation, despite the fact that she has never loved Tom. As a result, she makes the decision to abstain out of concern that she will damage both her connection with Tom and her standing in the eyes of the general public.
Though Gatsby insisted that Daisy never loved Tom, Daisy admitted that she loved both Tom and Gatsby. The confrontation ended with Daisy leaving with Gatsby in his yellow car, while Tom departed with Nick and Jordan.