Private (or Public) Affairs

Well as I continued reading The Great Gatsby, I finally was able to figure out the narrator's name in its entirity! I noticed that many of the other characters in the novel were calling him Nick, so I came to the conclusion that his name was Nick Carraway. F. Scott Fitzgerald does a lovely job of keeping the book running smoothly with the amount of dialogue. I really like the way that Fitzgerald writes because she writes in a way that is intriguing to the reader and I like the uniqueness. Well as I read more of The Great Gatsby, I'm just trying to figure out why Daisy is still with Tom! I am very intrigued by Daisy's character though. She has been able to be somewhat open to Nick, her cousin, even though she doesn't know him terribly well. I feel as though the fact that Tom is cheating on her is more of the elephant in the room. Daisy never really comes right out and says she knows, but there are clues that indicate she is well aware of the affair. As Nick is talking with Daisy, he thinks to himself, "I waited, and sure enough, in a moment she looked at me with an absolute smirk on her lovely face, as if she had asserted her membership in a rahter distinguished secret society to which she and Tom belonged" (Fitzgerald, 17).  I am hopeful that Daisy does not put up with Tom's unacceptable behavior; I'll find out soon enough!