The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
After his bout of confusing and difficult to understand behavior, Gatsby seems to be in a state of normal as he talks to a reporter who is chasing a long shot.
This section of the book, like so many others before it, serves the purpose of doing nothing more than acting as filler. There are a few recognizable secondary characters that had disappeared earlier who reappear for a stint in the spotlight. We do see some history of the characters come to the surface, but nothing spectacular or of notation. Thus far in the book, I am not really sure what to think of the main characters. Nick appears to be a bystander in most of the situations. That may be a byproduct of him being the narrator, or it could be that he has a boring personality. Gatsby has gone through some personality shifts which make me question his purpose and sanity. Daisy seems like she is unhappy underneath her upbeat facade. If anything, I think that she is displeased with her marriage to Tom, primarily because of his infidelity. Nevertheless, it is interesting to see how these characters evolved from the beginning to now. However, this section of the book acts as a cutaway from the main story to a different story.
"He had been coasting along all too hospitable shores for five years when he turned up as James Gatz's destiny in Little Girl Bay" (Fitzgerald, 99).
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