As Nick drives away in chapter 1, he
feels:
"confused and a little
disgusted."
Nick was
rekindling a relationship with a relative with whom he wanted to have mutual
respect. Daisy failed to play the part of a mother and wife he expected to see. Nick
thought Daisy would "rush out of the house - child in arms". This image demonstrates his
longing for appropriate familial relationships, alas, there were none. The fact that Tom
had a "girl in New York" disgusted him. These details all put together probably explain
his confusion. Why would a couple who could care less about their child and each other
stay together?
They also only came out to say a further
good-bye to Nick because they had heard gossip that they believed was true about Nick
being engaged. This is part of why he had left home. He had enough of the rumors. He
probably thought he had escaped all of that only to be reminded of it once
again.
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