Chapter 2 raises two questions: why don’t Daisy and Tom get a divorce and what is the sexual orientation of Nick Carraway?
There’s an excuse for the first question in the book: “She’s a Catholic, and they don’t believe in divorce.” Although Nick goes along to reveal that Daisy isn’t Catholic, it makes the audience think about why everybody believes her to be one. It could be a mutual agreement between Daisy and Tom. Everybody seems to know about his affair with Myrtle, it would be hard for Daisy not to know as well. The couple probably tells people she’s Catholic to justify them staying together. But why even stay together? The power of having two women. Tom’s status increases with the amount of money he has in addition to how many lovers he has. Like what was stated before, most people know about his affair and do not think any lower of him.
The other question that is raised is answered in how a person reads the book. They could either take Nick’s infatuation as a strong appreciation or simply love. It seems that in the story however, Nick is prone to pay more attention to the men rather than the women. For example, Catherine and Mr. McKee. He more or less brushes Catherine off and takes more of an interest in describing Mr. McKee’s looks and behavior. In the end it even implies that Nick was next to his bed after the provocative scene in the elevator: “...I was standing beside his bed and he was sitting up between the sheets, clad in his underwear, with a great portfolio in his hands.” However, instead of implying that Nick is gay, one can see his behavior as an act of friendship. He calls Gatsby beautiful and beautiful could describe many things about a person. Beautiful could be used to talk about a personality or the way they look.
There’s an excuse for the first question in the book: “She’s a Catholic, and they don’t believe in divorce.” Although Nick goes along to reveal that Daisy isn’t Catholic, it makes the audience think about why everybody believes her to be one. It could be a mutual agreement between Daisy and Tom. Everybody seems to know about his affair with Myrtle, it would be hard for Daisy not to know as well. The couple probably tells people she’s Catholic to justify them staying together. But why even stay together? The power of having two women. Tom’s status increases with the amount of money he has in addition to how many lovers he has. Like what was stated before, most people know about his affair and do not think any lower of him.
The other question that is raised is answered in how a person reads the book. They could either take Nick’s infatuation as a strong appreciation or simply love. It seems that in the story however, Nick is prone to pay more attention to the men rather than the women. For example, Catherine and Mr. McKee. He more or less brushes Catherine off and takes more of an interest in describing Mr. McKee’s looks and behavior. In the end it even implies that Nick was next to his bed after the provocative scene in the elevator: “...I was standing beside his bed and he was sitting up between the sheets, clad in his underwear, with a great portfolio in his hands.” However, instead of implying that Nick is gay, one can see his behavior as an act of friendship. He calls Gatsby beautiful and beautiful could describe many things about a person. Beautiful could be used to talk about a personality or the way they look.