From Daisy's heart

Dear Jay,

          I do not know where to began. This is my sixth time trying to write a letter that will make you understand me and my feelings. So, I will be truthful and tell you from the beginning that I am about to make a life changing decision today that I may later regret. I do not know if it is the right one. I just know that I am tried to begin alone and waiting for you every single day of my life. When you left me a hole appeared in my heart. I loved you very much and that is why a resented you as well. Because loving you meant pain and missing you meant extreme solitude. Everyday a piece of me died from within and it seemed that there was no end to this pain. Therefore, I have made the choice that will set me free from this dreadful prison. Jay, I am getting married but my heart still belongs to you. I am going to start my own life and be happy. Jay, I want to be able to feel happiness again. I want to feel alive again instead of being half death and living off the memories from the past.

          I know you are going to hate me for what I am about to do. But, please try to see my poor heart and then judge me. The man that I am marrying is someone that my family approves of. He is well educated, wealthy and a good person. I know he will treasure me just as you once did. I believe that he is the one who can set me free from this misery. Jay we should just think of our time together in Kentucky as a beautiful dream. However, a dream is only a dream. It has to end sometime and so I am going to wake up to reality as should you.  Forgive me for this selfish act and forget me.

                                                                                                                Goodbye,

                                                                                                                             Daisy

Chapter 3- Passage Four

In Chapter three, Nick is invited to Gatsby's party unlike most people. Gatsby's party is enormous and wild where people follow "rules of the amusement park." Nick feels out of place at the party. However, in passage four one can see how Nick's attitude of the place changes. Nick is drunk and therefore unreliable as a narrator of the story. Suddenly, he starts enjoying himself after drinking alcohol.  He says "...the scene has changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental and profound." Nick contradicts himself from what he had said about the party earlier. Also, drinking is illegal during this time period. However, nobody is shocked or rejecting towards the alcohol present in the party. This is a normal situation  for them.


In the beginning of the passage, it says "There was dancing now on the canvas in the garden, old men pushing young girls backward in eternal graceless circles..." This sentence shows the behavior and attitude of girls, especially young girls, during the 1920's. Many people got rich over night due to the stock market. These girls desired part of that fortune and wanted to be accepted into the 'high class society.' The fastest road to get in would be to marry a old men with abundant amount of money. This action shows how shallow and selfish people were. However, the object that made them so immoral in first place was money.


The passage also demonstrates how extravagant and exquisite the parties' in high class societies were. Gatsby did not have a five piece orchestra but rather the whole set with trombones, saxophones, viols, cornets and low and high drums. Even the drinks were not average. Champagne was served in glasses bigger than finger bowls. There was also "a celebrated tenor that was sung in Italian, and a notorious contralto had been sung in jazz..." All these commodities shows how wealthy and powerful the people were to be able to have these kinds to parties.