In this chapter, Nick and Gatsby are seen eating lunch together, as well as looking further into Gatsby's past. We further look into how Gatsby is a fraud; not a man of class. It is revealed that he only bought his home in order to live near Daisy, whom he remembered seeing while he was an officer and before he went to fight in The Great War; and supposedly loves her. However it is obvious that he does not want t be with her for love, but for the sake of being with her. When Gatsby is talking to Carraway in his car about his origin, in order to counter the many rumors spread about him, he reveals that he in fact indeed attended Oxford for a higher education. However, he said it in a way that possibly reveals some contempt and regret pertaining to his time at Oxford, perhaps due to the fact that he felt that he did not belong among the upper class and highly educated; and in turn the fact that he has lived in his facade of being a refined, sophisticated man.
We are also given some light into Daisy's past, thanks to Miss Baker. She reveals Daisy's multiple relationships, and the fact that she was once with Gatsby, even going to see him off before his deployment. Daisy then married Tom soon after, perhaps for the same reason Gatsby himself wants to be together with Daisy. Miss Baker also recalls Daisy's drunken sadness during her bachelorette party, crying saying that shes 'changed her mind' on the subject of marrying Tom. However, once she woke up she wed Tom and never went into a ramble again. This sheds some light on Daisy's true feelings about Tom; and possible feelings for Gatsby.
This chapter also sheds some light on Carraway's continued sexual ambiguity. In this chapter, at Gatsby's request, talks with Baker in order to receive instructions in order to help Gatsby meet Daisy in person. And in doing so, Carraway does something very unexpected at the end: he engages in romantic behavior with Jordan Baker. This action has to say that Carraway is not completely homosexual; possibly ambiguous or bisexual. However, Carraway does state that he has 'no girl that whose disembodied face floated among the dark cornices and blinding signs'. So possibly, he is referring that he has no girl that he thinks about or loves in any way. Or possibly, it could mean that he has no woman being kept in the shadows, or keeps his affections secret. Hopefully, more will be revealed in Chapter V.
We are also given some light into Daisy's past, thanks to Miss Baker. She reveals Daisy's multiple relationships, and the fact that she was once with Gatsby, even going to see him off before his deployment. Daisy then married Tom soon after, perhaps for the same reason Gatsby himself wants to be together with Daisy. Miss Baker also recalls Daisy's drunken sadness during her bachelorette party, crying saying that shes 'changed her mind' on the subject of marrying Tom. However, once she woke up she wed Tom and never went into a ramble again. This sheds some light on Daisy's true feelings about Tom; and possible feelings for Gatsby.
This chapter also sheds some light on Carraway's continued sexual ambiguity. In this chapter, at Gatsby's request, talks with Baker in order to receive instructions in order to help Gatsby meet Daisy in person. And in doing so, Carraway does something very unexpected at the end: he engages in romantic behavior with Jordan Baker. This action has to say that Carraway is not completely homosexual; possibly ambiguous or bisexual. However, Carraway does state that he has 'no girl that whose disembodied face floated among the dark cornices and blinding signs'. So possibly, he is referring that he has no girl that he thinks about or loves in any way. Or possibly, it could mean that he has no woman being kept in the shadows, or keeps his affections secret. Hopefully, more will be revealed in Chapter V.