The Great Gatsby Conversation

In Gatsbys conversation with chip off, Gatsby, who has many belittling rumors surrounding him, tries to number Nick to sympathize with him by describing himself as a nice person who has gone through hard times, but his attempts are unsuccessful. Because of the rumors, Nick wants to know to a greater extent somewhat Gatsby because, He had talked with him perhaps six times in the past month and found, to his disappointment, that Gatsby had little to say, which led Nick to believe there was something suspicious about Gatsby. 64) everywhere the past month or so, Nick had heard many rumors about Gatsby having killed a man (49) and being a German spy during World War I (44). Gatsbys behavior during the conversation strengthened 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, Gatsby 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 erase 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 toward Mr. Gatsby, he was no longer there (74). This behavior proved to Nick that Gatsby is trying to hide something from his past and is very uncomfortable discussing it. Although there are topics about his past that make Gatsby uncomfortable, he freely explains his past to Nick.In order to make a expert impression on Nick, Gatsby always speaks elaborately and is very nice to Nick. Gatsby says, Good morning, old sport. Youre having lunch with me and I thought wed ride up together (64). Gatsby explains that he lives care a rajah, but that he has had some hardships and is trying to forget something very sad that had happened to him a long time ago (66). Although Gatsby is wealthy, he explains that he has personal 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 surrounding him, but Nick never does (66). Another way Gatsby tries to explain to Nick he is not a bad person is by showing Nick his accomplishments from the war. The photograph which Gatsby carried around 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 incite Nick, who believes in those rumors, that he is an innocent, normal man because he is in love with Dais y and wants Nick, Daisys cousin, to set him up. Though Gatsby discusses very personal 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 related to Daisy came up, cause Nick to believe that Gatsby was sheepish of something.