He wanted to be alone so no one would know he was secretly seeing Daisy Buchanan.
Gatsby fires his old servants because he wants to avoid any connections to his past and reinvent himself as a wealthy and sophisticated man with new staff that reflect his current status and aspirations. It also allows him to have more control over his household and appearances.
He doesn't want them to gossip about his company
He wants to be completely alone with Daisy.
Because he knows they are gossiping about him and that's why he fires them.
He doesnt want them to talk about Daisy
In "The Great Gatsby," Daisy Buchanan is in her late 20s.
Which old days? Who's servants? It really depended on those two elements. Slaves were servants, and personal assistants are the modern servants. As you can see, there's a huge difference between the two, and there were servants that did everything you can imagine at some point in history.
16
The exact ages of the servants have never been given.
The oxymoron in this statement lies in the contradiction between the familiarity implied by "old friends" and the lack of closeness conveyed by "whom I scarcely knew at all." This highlights the superficial nature of relationships in the social circles depicted in "The Great Gatsby."
Gatsby continuously uses the phrase "Old Sport" to refer to the people he is talking to.
Gatsby often uses the expression "Old sport "
Old Sport
It was a term of endearment used by Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, the Great Gatsby
Myrtle Wilson was in her early thirties when she was killed in The Great Gatsby.
It was all grown up.
around 10 years old