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Fitzgerald never portrays a scene with only Gatsby and Daisy because Nick Carraway, Daisy's cousin, is the narrator of this novel. Such a scene would be impossible to portray since the narrator would have to be present and this would undermine the idea of "Daisy and Gatsby alone".
Yet, although the narrator is not present when Daisy and Gatsby are alone such scenes are implied in the narration. A few examples:
- Nick leaves Gatsby and Daisy alone when Gatsby first requests that Nick invite Daisy over to tea so Gatsby and Daisy could reunite. When Nick comes back, he describes how Gatsby "literally glowed; without a word or a gesture of exultation a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room", which is followed shortly with a description of Daisy's voice as "full of aching, grieving beauty, told only of her unexpected joy".
- Towards the end of the novel, when Nick, Tom, and Jordan share a car and Gatsby and Daisy share another one alone (where Daisy hits Myrtle Wilson, Tom's mistress).
But, besides, the concrete element of narration standing in the obstacle of Daisy and Gatsby only scenes, the absence of such scenes can also be interpreted as another element of this romance.
At the end of Chapter 6, after Gatsby described how his relationship with Daisy first blossomed when they were young, Nick says that "I was reminded of something--an elusive rhythm, a fragment of lost words, that I had heard somewhere a long time ago...but they made no sound, and what I had almost remembered was uncommunicable forever".
This is a very interesting quote in how it shows that the height of Gatsby and Daisy's relationship lingers in their past. We are only presented with their brilliant young love, but never with scenarios of their love in the "present", as you pointed out. Nick's quote epitomizes this idea of their relationship lingering in the past with the rhythm and words from a long time ago that make no sound in the present. This is a very plausible interpretation, but one can argue about why Fitzgerald chooses to do this with a variety of other conjectures.
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Why does Gatsby spend most of his party alone instead of mingling with guests?
Gatsby in further readings you will learn that he doesnt enjoy the idea of parties at all, infact he is only having them in a hope that Daisy will come to it.
Why do you think gatsby left nicks house and reentered after daisy arrived?
Nick gave Daisy and Gatsby thirty minutes to meet. When he returns Daisy's face is tear stained and Jay Gatsby is glowing happily.
What did Gatsby ask of Jordan Baker at his party?
to tell her about his love for daisy (apex)
What was the weather like during the meeting between Tom and Daisy in The Great Gatsby?
Gatsby is nervous because he wants Nick to agree to his plan of inviting Daisy over for tea at first, Gatsby knocks Nick's clock over. After he leaves the two alone for half an hour, radiantly happy-Daisy shedding tears of joy and Gatsby glowing.
Why does Gatsby fire all his old servants?
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.
How does gastby die?
Gatsby--after taking the blame for Daisy accidentally hitting Myrtle in his car--is killed by Myrtle's husband, George. George is led to Gatsby after a vengeful Tom tells him that Gatsby is the man who killed Myrtle. As a result, George finds him, kills him, and then takes his own life. More info and analysis from the link included.
Why has Gatsby bought his house on the West Egg?
To be close to Daisy. Gatsby moves into the house in West Egg so he can be across the lake from Daisy. When he is out alone at night "reaching into the distance" he is reaching towards the green light of Daisy's dock; the green light represents Gatsby's dream of being with Daisy (green is a very large symbol throughout the book). Gatsby also buys the house because it is huge and shows off his new money. This is another attempt to impress Daisy and win back her love.
Who did Gatsby request to speak to alone?
Gatsby requested to speak to Nick Carraway alone in chapter 3 of "The Great Gatsby."
What does nick admire about Gatsby?
Nick is particularly taken with Gatsby and considers him a great figure. He sees both the extraordinary quality of hope that Gatsby possesses and his idealistic dream of loving Daisy in a perfect world. Though Nick recognizes Gatsby's flaws the first time he meets him, he cannot help but admire Gatsby's brilliant smile, his romantic idealization of Daisy, and his yearning for the future. The private Gatsby who stretches his arms out toward the green light on Daisy's dock seems somehow more real than the vulgar, social Gatsby who wears a pink suit to his party and calls everyone "old sport." Nick alone among the novel's characters recognizes that Gatsby's love for Daisy has less to do with Daisy's inner qualities than with Gatsby's own. That is, Gatsby makes Daisy his dream because his heart demands a dream, not because Daisy truly deserves the passion that Gatsby feels for her. Further, Gatsby impresses Nick with his power to make his dreams come true---as a child he dreamed of wealth and luxury, and he has attained them, albeit through criminal means. As a man, he dreams of Daisy, and for a while he wins her, too. In a world without a moral center, in which attempting to fulfill one's dreams is like rowing a boat against the current, Gatsby's power to dream lifts him above the meaningless and amoral pleasure-seeking of New York society. In Nick's view, Gatsby's capacity to dream makes him "great" despite his flaws and eventual undoing.
Whom does daisy really love in the great gatsby?
Use the end of chapter 6 (page 117 in my book)- There's Gatsby's story of when he kissed Daisy there. The fight between Tom and Gatsby in chapter 7 where Gatsby says that he loves Daisy would be good too. At the very end of chapter 7, Gatsby watches the Buchanan house until 4 o'clock to make sure Tom won't hurt her. "Out of the corner of his eye Gatsby saw that the blocks of sidewalk really formed a ladder and mounted to a secret place above the trees-he could climb to it, if he climbed alone, and once there he could suck on the pap of life, gulp down the incomparable milk of wonder." -p. 117 "His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy's white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God." -p. 117 in the other book it is p. 110-111
Why is Gatsby left standing outside his mansion watching over nothing?
Gatsby is left standing outside his mansion watching over nothing because his extravagant lifestyle and pursuit of wealth and status ultimately led to his downfall. Despite all his efforts to win over Daisy and achieve the American Dream, in the end, Gatsby is alone and empty, symbolized by the empty mansion.
Who is Tom Buchanan cheat on daisy with?
On pages 158-159 of chapter 8, it says that Daisy was young and living in her artificial world, but she "expected her life to be shaped by now". She was looking for love, money, and practicality in a relationship and found it with Tom Buchanan.
