Wednesday, August 8, 2012

How It Reminds Me of that Sitcom

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Chapter 5
"Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her" (Fitzgerald, page 93).

This was a totally crazy yet interesting chapter. As Gatsby offers Nick a job with good money for arranging his meeting with Daisy, I am baffled at the total difference from The House of Mirth. Gatsby is willing to give up money for his love, Daisy, but Lily would not give up her lifestyle based on money for a guy she loved, Selden. Through this, Gatsby humbles himself to where I believe Nick truly idolizes Gatsby for this although he declines the offer of the job.
Through this whirlwind of a chapter, a sitcom feeling has come about. Gatsby seems to be over stressed about meeting Daisy for the first time in a while. Along with this, Nick and Gatsby are not seeing eye to eye as Gatsby is obviously quite nervous where Nick just wants to get them together and leave as quick as possible. With most sitcoms, nothing seems to come easy and Nick struggles to get Daisy and Gatsby to be on a speaking basis about what has happened. My favorite part of this whole section is while Nick answers the door for Daisy and when he walks her into the living room, Gatsby is gone. Gatsby, though, has snuck out and knocks on the door in order to pretent that this was just a happening instead of a set up. Luckily things seemed to go as planned despite the many awkward and funny moments. Although I do not particularly like this show, The Secret Life of the American Teenager came to mind for this situation. Occasionally I will watch this show and although it is quite an entirely awkward show with awkward acting, I did watch an episode where one of the main characters, Ben, was figuring out a big plan for him to meet up with his forbidden girlfriend for a date. In the show though, it does not work out as planned yet this part of Gatsby reminded me of this episode.

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