Nick caraway friendship to his neighbor-Gatsby, in the early chapter depicted the relationship as manipulative from both side. Gatsby showed more interest in nick because of his accessibility to daisy. The plan was for nick to invite daisy to his house and simultaneously have jay there too. On daisy’s arrival, nick’s part would be over and Gatsby would take over but before that “tell your chauffer to go away and spend an hour” nick told daisy and she responded “come back in an hour, ferdie”. This was part of the coup d’ete to tried to win daisy over. The next step in trying to rekindle their relationship was to show her his mansion. Impressing her with his wealth was imperative. He wanted her to feel he was financially capable of taking care of her for the rest of her life. Tom was daisy’s husband and a very wealthy man. Also, he was Gatsby competition
Posted by OlanrewajuKayode at February 25, 2005 01:10 PM