Gatsby’s Green Light Longing

The Great Gatsby is literally just rich people behaving badly and pretending everything is fine.

We follow Nick, who moves to West Egg and visits his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom

across the bay. Tom is a total jerk who is definitely cheating, and things get messy

when his mistress calls the house during dinner. Daisy tries to act unbothered but admits

she wants her daughter to be a beautiful fool because being smart hurts too much.

Nick finally goes home and spots his mysterious neighbor Gatsby reaching out toward a green

light across the water, desperate for something he can't have.