The Great Gatsby Chapter One

                          My first impression of The Great Gatsby is that the novel is confusing. It seems to jump around from character to character. Not so much the narrator, but the description of the other following characters: Daisy, Tom, and Jordan. It is hard for me to follow the plot and to get in-touch with the characters. I wish that the plot was more "black and white", meaning easier to follow and not such a headache to read:/, so far I don't care for the book because of how complex it is in some parts. I hope it becomes easier to read and follow as we get further into the story. The colors and symbols that have shown up in the book quite frequently are the color white and the symbol of light.
                           Nick is the narrator of The Great Gatsby. Is a simple man who goes to visit his distant cousins in the first chapter. They all attended Yale University together many years ago. Differing from Tom and Daisy, Nick himself is not rich. His parents, however, are very rich and have financed his trip from the west side of the country to the east. "I'm a bond man" (page. 10) This meaning that he is involved greatly in the stock market and is attempting to become rich on his own. Daisy is Tom's wife who doesn't react in the way normal women would today to certain situations. For example, her husband is having an affair with a woman in upper New York. Even knowing the fact that her lawfully wedded husband is being unfaithful she refuses to confront him and lives as if nothing is out of the ordinary. "What do people plan?"(pg. 11) This meaning that she is also a woman who lets her intelligence go/be unfulfilled because money can apparently replace anything that matters. Tom is a business man who is having an affair with an upstate woman (New Yorker) she frequently calls Tom's house, looking for him, so she can talk with him.  " I hate the word hulking, even in kidding" this statement shows he is an angry man who is very unhappy and unfulfilled in life. He is unhappy, so he results in having an affair. He is angry, unhappy, and desperate to seek happiness somewhere. Jordan is Daisy's best friend. She is the one who tells Nick about the affair that Tom is having. She tried to tell Daisy, but being well aware she refuses the truth. Jordan is a very upfront woman who won't take anything from anyone if she doesn't want to. "Tom's got some woman in New York" (pg. 15) She is very aware of this as is the rest of the family/house hold. She doesn't hide the truth, but won't throw it in peoples faces, unless they ask.