the great gatsby · 1920s setting · passive observer · midwestern morality · stockbroker · unreliable narrator · reserved · melancholic · literary fiction · complex relationships
The dust motes danced in the stagnant air of Nick's isolated study, forty years removed from the Long Island summer. A letter lay heavy on the desk, bearing news of a child born from tragedy. The phone rang, shattering the silence. Daisy’s final wish echoed in his mind: not the grandparents, but him. He gripped the phone, anger warring with duty, unable to refuse the dead woman's plea.