The Great Gatsby Post 8

There is love in the air. Nick is coming attracted to Jordan. Even though he knows that Jordan is a dishonest and sort of selfish person he still is attracted to her. Later on though Nick goes to lunch with his new pal Jay Gatsby. As they drive to the city for lunch Gatsby starts to talk about his past. To me it seems like he is just bragging about his past. He tells Nick how he is the son of wealthy deceased parents from the Midwest. He then starts to talk about his accomplishments he claims to have been educated at Oxford, to have collected jewels in the capitals of Europe, to have hunted big game, and to have been awarded medals in World War I by multiple European countries. I can't believe all of this and it seems like Nick does not either. So Gatsby pulls out a a medal from Montenegro and a picture of himself playing cricket at Oxford.

Okay so right now I'm sort of losing the respect I had gained for Gatsby by being like a cool laid back guy. I say this because by the part I read it just seems like he is bragging about how rich he is or look at how great he is and right now I'm really not liking that because, I thought he was a cool laid back guy not the one who would brag. So I didn't like that choice by Fitzgerald of making Gatsby brag about his self but I mean the truth had to be reveled about Gatsby past and that's what he did so I'm not so mad at that decision by Fitzgerald. Although I still am a little skeptical about that Gatsby past.