I have a massive stack of books to get through already, but you can never have too many. I couldn’t find my copy of Ubik by PKD so I ordered a new one and also saw a cheap copy of Great Gatsby soI ordered it too since I’ve been meaning to reread it for years (read it in high school). What did y’all think about it?
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I think people who see it as some kind of romantic story are missing the actual meaning. He was doing it for fun, and had no real interest in her otherwise. There is loneliness and the ability to have parties. I could see a lot of it today. Just pretend its a bunch of Influencers, and see how it works out.
Also more that he was in love with the ideal he had of Daisy, rather than Daisy herself (who was obviously wildly different from his ideal).
So very true. He was in love with being in love, and that was his entertainment.