“You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.” I've always been glad I said that. It was the only compliment I ever gave him, because I disapproved of him from beginning to end.” Nick addresses these words to
Nick thanks Gatsby for the hospitality, pays him the backhanded compliment of saying that he is better than the “rotten crowd” of upper-class people (backhanded because it's setting the bar pretty low to be better than "rotten" people), and leaves to go to work.
Nick says, "You're worth the whole darn bunch put together." Although at first glance this sounds like a compliment, in actuality Nick is saying that even thought he knows Gatsby isn't the greatest, in comparison to the crowd, Gatsby looks angelic.
How does Nick compliment Gatsby and what is Gatsby's reaction? Nick complements Gatsby by telling him that he's worth the whole *%&(# bunch of them (the people in the argument). Why was it important that Nick thanked Gatsby? It is important because it was the last thing he got to do with Gatsby.
Why does Nick feel compelled to commend Gatsby? Nick says that Gatsby is better than everyone combined. He feels the need to tell him this because Gatsby held on to his eternal hope for Daisy through everything.
Nick indicates that many people find Gatsby “gorgeous” because he exudes an aura of success. But this aura is just the effect of “gestures”—that is, Gatsby projects an image of success, whether or not there is any substance behind the image.
Nick admires Gatsby due to his optimism, how he shapes his own life, and how doggedly he believes in his dream, despite the cruel realities of 1920s America.
On his way out, Nick remarks to Gatsby that he is worth more than the whole "rotten crowd… put together." Gatsby responds with a large smile.
What were Nick's final words to Gatsby? Why is this a fitting goodbye? "They're a written crowd, you're worth the whole damn bunch put together"- Gatsby realizes Nick was the only person who genuinely cared about him; this is the only compliment Nick ever gave Gatsby.
When Nick looks again, Gatsby has disappeared into the “unquiet darkness” – foreshadowing his disappearance into death at the end of the book. The inaccessibility of the green light tells us to expect a narrative in which the object of desire will never be obtained.
Nick Carraway has an ironic relationship with Jay Gatsby since he both admires and despises him. Jay Gatsby's funeral is ironic because despite having thrown such large parties with hundreds of guests, only three people attend. These are both examples of situational irony.
In perhaps one of the great ironies of the novel, Daisy kills Myrtle when Myrtle runs in front of Gatsby's car. It is a hit and run. The irony is that the wife kills her husband's mistress without knowing that it's his mistress. This irony leads the novel toward the conclusion.
As he reflects on Gatsby's life, Nick writes: I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it.
He sees both the extraordinary quality of hope that Gatsby possesses and his idealistic dream of loving Daisy in a perfect world. Though Nick recognizes Gatsby's flaws the first time he meets him, he cannot help but admire Gatsby's brilliant smile, his romantic idealization of Daisy, and his yearning for the future.
In a queer reading of Gatsby, Nick doesn't just love Gatsby, he's in love with him. In some readings, the tragedy is that Gatsby doesn't love him back. In others, Gatsby is as repressed as Nick, each chasing an unavailable woman to avoid admitting what he truly desires.
Why does Nick almost laugh when Gatsby is telling him about his personal history? A: Nick thinks it is funny that Gatsby considers what he went through any kind of hardship.
As he leaves, Nick reveals his feelings for Gatsby when he says, "They're a rotten crowd […]. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together." And YET, Nick reminds us that he "disapproved" of Gatsby "from beginning to end."
What Is Nick's Final Message to the Reader? Ultimately, the last line of The Great Gatsby can be seen as a metaphor for the elusive American dream.
What does Nick tell Gatsby before leaving him? Daisy never loved Gatsby. Gatsby is better than Daisy and her friends. He wishes he'd stayed in Minneapolis.
The only compliment that Nick ever gives Gatsby is "You're worth the whole damn bunch put together"(162). This indicates that Nick has more respect for Gatsby than for Daisy, Jordan, and Tom. He says “I've always been glad I said that…” (154) after he mentioned the compliment.
Nick finds Gatsby, apologizes for not seeking him out earlier. Gatsby invites him to go out on his hydroplane the next day, and Nick leaves as Gatsby is summoned to a phone call from Philadelphia. He waves goodbye from the steps of his mansion, looking lonely.
Nick finds Gatsby's story “threadbare” at first, but he eventually accepts at least part of it when he sees the photograph and the medal. He realizes Gatsby's peculiarity, however. In calling him a “character,” he highlights Gatsby's strange role as an actor.
Nick appears obsessed with aristocracy and thinks people will be impressed by his imaginary lineage. At the end of the third chapter, Nick will declare himself “one of the few honest people I've ever known.
Eventually, Gatsby won Daisy's heart, and they made love before Gatsby left to fight in the war. Daisy promised to wait for Gatsby, but in 1919 she chose instead to marry Tom Buchanan, a young man from a solid, aristocratic family who could promise her a wealthy lifestyle and who had the support of her parents.
Nick states that he has disdain for all that Gatsby represented, yet he does not pass judgment on him. He describes Gatsby as a person with a "gorgeous" persona and a seemingly endless sense of optimism.