ously sorry, I turnedaway." This is a conversation between Nick and Jordan. Through this discussion, it isshown that Nick feels that he might be making a mistake ending the affair in which theywere having. The reader learns quite a little bit at this point in the book. Jordan feels thatNick is not the person she thought he was. Nick's pride made him think he could acceptJordan on her own terms, with her criticism and her irresponsibility, and that he wouldescape the consequences of that acceptance.Nick is very judgemental of the other characters in the novel, which isinstrumental in how one interprets the novel. 8"'They're a rotten crowd,' I shouted acrossthe lawn. ' You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.' I've always been glad I saidthat. It was the only compliment I ever gave him, because I disapproved of him frombeginning to end." Nick gives Gatsby his one and only compliment that he would givehim. Nick says that Gatsby is worth all of the other characters put together. Nick is moreunderstanding and straight forward with Gatsby, due to the fact that he is able to identifywith Gatsby. Nick is able to identify with Gatsby, through their personal experiences ( WW1 ), and where they live ( West Egg ). Nick however does not approve of Gatsby ashe is a gangster, and has earned his money illegally as a bootlegger.Nick judges Daisy just as much as the others. 9"Daisy was popular in Chicago, asyou know. They moved with a fast crowd, all of them young and rich and wild, but shecame out with an absolutely perfect reputation. Perhaps because she doesn't drink. It's agreat advantage not to drink among hard-drinking people. You can hold your tongue, and,moreover, you can time any little irregularity of your own so that everybody else is soblind that they don't see of care. Perhaps Daisy never went in for amour at all-and yetthere's something in that voice of hers..." Nick says here that Daisy likes to live in the fastlane, and no ma...
