F. Scott Fitzgerald
More like Whole lotta awkward!
Gatsby has convinced Jordan who convinced Nick to convince Daisy to have tea with Gatsby. Right off the bat I know this is going to go well. i guess it's common for friends to set other friends up on dates, but when Gatsby goes through so much trouble when he could easily just send a message to Daisy to get her to come! So Daisy agrees to meet Gatsby and Nick for tea at nick's house; since Gatsby wants to impress Daisy, he sends a gardener to Nick's house to cut his lawn. I mention this because it struck he as strange for a man to cut grass in pouring rain, because mushy grass tends to look much worse than long grass. Nevertheless Daisy arrives and Gatsby is no where to be found. She greets Nick saying "'Are you in love with me,' she said low in my ear, 'or why did I have to come here alone?' (Fitzgerald 85). Daisy clearly dislikes her current husband/marriage and is willing to hit on anyone who thinks she's pretty. Nick is heavily third-wheeling it here, and being as weird as he already is makes the whole arrangement so very awkward. I can't explain this book without saying awkward 5,000 times.
Somethings actually important comes from this encounter, a man named Dan Cody. He was Gatsby's mentor and a very influential person in his life. I'm starting to think he was the reason for Gatsby's success, but only time will tell.
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