• Blog – Nick says in this chapter that Gatsby’s “count of enchanted objects had diminished by one”. What is he referring to? How has Gatsby lost it?
Nick is referring to the fact that Gatsby has lost Daisy. Gatsby has lost this enchanted object because he has built her up to be something so great that she will never live up to it. Gatsby idolized the green light that symbolized his love for Daisy, but the idea of Daisy is better than how Daisy really is. Gatsby lost it when he had the meeting with Daisy and started to value her more than all of his possessions. He got all this 'stuff' so that he could impress her and built himself up to be this great, amazing, wealthy man but it was all for Daisy. But, Daisy can never live up to his expectations that he has of her, so he has lost that enchanted object. So now that his dream of Daisy has been killed, so has the Green Light. His only driving force in his life is now gone, everything that he looked to for inspiration, to get to Daisy is gone.
2 comments:
CAPTAIN AUX!!! When I read this I interpreted GAtsby's loss as something else. When I read your interpretation of the events I think you're closer to the truer artistic meaning than I was. Salute
Good blog. Blog more. You know what needs to happen.
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