“ONE THING’S SURE AND NOTHING’S SURER
THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET—CHILDREN.
IN THE MEANTIME,
IN BETWEEN TIME——”
As I went over to say good-by I saw that 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 his present happiness. Almost five years! There must have been moments even that afternoon whe Daisy tumbled short of his dreams—not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.
As I watched him he adjusted himself a little, visibly. His hand took hold of hers, and as she said something low in his ear he turned toward her with a rush of emotion. I think that voice held him most, with its fluctuating, feverish warmth, because it couldn’t be over-dreamed—that voice was a deathless song.
1. Gatsby has acheived his dream of reaching Daisy but can the dream truly continue on through the storm or does the rainy weather repeated several times foreshadowing a sad end. Gatsby has broken down the last barrier of his dream and has suceeded in what few seem posssible.
Charecter development: gatsby has been consummed by trying to catch the attention for Daisy for so long that by the time she is with him he is still lost in his world fantasizing about her. He is a person that wont be content until everything is exactly how he wants it and even then that appears it wont be enough. its hard to decide if Gatsby’s love for Daisy is more romantic or more pathetic. He idolizes her to a degree that makes her seem like god and will pace he before anything and everyone else in his life.
Why do they stop at 5?