The Great Gatsby: 49-59

I am continually surprised as to how The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is written. On page 55, he writes, "Reading over what I have written so far, I see I have given the impression that the events of the three nights several weeks apart were all that absorbed me." This sentence seems the novel to be almost like a journal written by the character Nick Carraway. There are only random phrases and sentences like this; however, when I have come across reading them, it does seem random. More than the majority is just written from the viewpoint of Nick but then it seems less like a story and more like he is writing a journal.

"Dishonesty in woman is something you should never blame deeply," (Fitzgerald, pg58). Here again is another example of sexism in this novel. It appears as though women cannot be blamed for what they have become because they are vulnerable or naive.

Another quote that I believe may be potentially important or may even be foreshadowing something is on page 59. "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known." This may even connect to something later on in the story.