What Is Nick's Love In The Great Gatsby

In the book The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a detail, that some may say is hidden, is that Nick is gay and loves Gatsby, even though he is married. Throughout the book it may seem that Gatsby uses his material wealth to try and impress Daisy, that may be the case, but everything he does impresses Nick too and that might have been his intention. This is why Nick loves and looks up to Gatsby, and Gatsby may love Nick too. Before Gatsby is introduced in the book and we learn about his material wealth and how he uses it, Nick already shows his love towards Gatsby. On page 2 Nick says “... Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn… what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed

Nick stood outside and watched Gatsby reach to something across the pond. It seems strange that Nick was standing there observing what Gatsby was doing. It must have been that he knew Gatsby was reaching over for Daisy and wanted to try to prevent it because he loved Gatsby. On page 20, as Nick watches Gatsby, he says, “... suggested that it was Mr. Gatsby himself… I decided to call to him… But I didn’t call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone…” In this scene, Nick puts Gatsby on higher level than himself by saying “Mr. Gatsby himself”, portraying that Gatsby is better than he is and there is something he wants to gain and get from Gatsby. When Nick decides not to talk to Gatsby, it is possible that Nick became to scared to talk to his love. It is just like a little kid wanting to tell their crush that they like them, then chickens out because they think the other person is better than them and will be able to turn them down. And since they are better, there is nothing you can do to make it happen. It is almost as if Nick is scared to be rejected by Gatsby. The quote then continues to say “When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.” This can be interpreted to mean that Nick is now comparing himself to Gatsby by saying he is alone. Nick sensed that Gatsby wanted to be alone,

According to Nick’s narrations, he makes it seem as if the party was for him, which may be correct. On page 41, Nick mentions the first time he went to Gatsby’s house for one of his parties to impress Daisy. He says “ I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited--they went there.” It suggests that Nick believes that the party was thrown for him. And if you continue to read the page, it gives proof that shows the party may have been thrown for Nick. “A chauffeur in a uniform of robin’s-egg blue crossed my lawn early Saturday morning with a surprisingly formal note from his employer: the honor would be entirely Gatsby’s, it said, if I would attend his ‘little party’ that night… signed Jay Gatsby, in a majestic hand.” Gatsby may have sent him a regular invite to his party, but knowing that only a few people were invited, that could not have been the case. It must have meant that Gatsby can interpret this to mean a party for him to get to know Nick better, but that was not his only intention by throwing this party. Nick definitely takes the invite to mean that the it was for him. Additionally, when Nick describes Gatsby’s hand as “majestic” he is just trying to find all the good in Gatsby, and express as much as he can because he cannot keep all his feelings inside