The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Gatsby's peculiar behavior continues as he shows Nick around his house.
By the way, the "old sport" thing is really starting to tick me off.
I feel like nothing particularly special is happening in this section of the book, other than observing how characters are behaving, of course. I don't really understand the significance of this part of the book, it seems like useless filler to me. Then again, if this part did not exist, we would not get to see Gatsby act like a lunatic. Other than the entertainment factor, this part of the book did not really do anything to progress the plot or to advance the character profiles. Maybe that was Fitzgerald's intention so that the reader would have a retreat from absorbing detail or doing anything to interpret the symbolism. I can't tell. I enjoy reading and being able to paint a mental picture with the detail that the writer provides. Fitzgerald has done a remarkable job of making that possible.
"The rain was still falling, but the darkness had parted in the west , and there was a pink and golden billow of foamy clouds above the sea" (Fitzgerald, 94)
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