The Great Gatsby Conversation

In Gatsbys conversation with chip off, Gatsby, who has many belittling rumors contact him, tries to get dent to sympathize with him by describing himself as a courteous person who has gone through hard times, but his attempts are unsuccessful. Because of the rumors, gouge wants to know more nearly Gatsby because, He had talked with him perhaps six times in the historical month and found, to his disappointment, that Gatsby had little to say, which led Nick to believe thither was something suspicious about Gatsby. 64) Over the gone month or so, Nick had heard many rumors about Gatsby having killed a man (49) and organism a German spy during World War I (44). Gatsbys behavior during the conversation alter these rumors in Nicks mind. During their conversation, Gatsby hurried the phrase educated at Oxford, or swallowed it, or choked on it, as though it had bothered him before which led Nick to wonder if there was something sinister about him (65). Whenever Oxford was mentioned, G atsby was hesitant to continue that conversation, which seemed as though Gatsby was lying about his past and that made Nick even more suspicious.Furthermore, Gatsby did not help scratch out the rumors from Nicks mind when Tom and Gatsby, shook hands briefly, and a strained, unfamiliar look of embarrassment came over Gatsbys face, and when Nick turned to struggled Mr. Gatsby, he was no longer there (74). This behavior proved to Nick that Gatsby is trying to confuse something from his past and is real uncomfortable discussing it. Although there are topics about his past that string Gatsby uncomfortable, he freely explains his past to Nick.In order to make a good impression on Nick, Gatsby always speaks elaborately and is in truth nice to Nick. Gatsby says, Good morning, old sport. Youre having lunch with me and I design wed ride up together (64). Gatsby explains that he lives similar a rajah, but that he has had some hardships and is trying to forget something very regretful th at had happened to him a long time ago (66). Although Gatsby is wealthy, he explains that he has in the flesh(predicate) problems in order to get Nick to sympathize with him.Then, Gatsby tries to explain his war experience by saying, It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life because he was sad about his incident and by saying he wanted to die, he could get Nick to sympathize with him and forget about the rumors contact him, but Nick never does (66). Another way Gatsby tries to explain to Nick he is not a bad person is by show Nick his accomplishments from the war. The photograph which Gatsby carried roughly with him read, Major Jay Gatsby For Valour Extraordinary (67).By doing so, Gatsby proves that he supported the Americans thus trying to erase the rumor of him being a German spy. Although there are many strong rumors around Gatsby, he tries to convince Nick, who believes in those rumors, that he is an innocent, normal man b ecause he is in love with Daisy and wants Nick, Daisys cousin, to set him up. Though Gatsby discusses very person-to-person issues that make him seem like the common man, his actions around Nick like having a gambler for a friend and acting suspiciously whenever anything associate to Daisy came up, cause Nick to believe that Gatsby was guilty of something.