Thus far the most interesting thing that I have found is the mystery that surrounds Jay Gatsby. It is said at the beginning of the book that he "represented everything for which I [Nick] have an unaffected scorn for. If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him"(2) but based on what is currently happening Nick doesn't really trust Gatsby. He doesn't know whether he can be trusted or not and the fact that Gatsby just so happens to have all this proof to back up his story is rather suspicious. The fact that Nick doesn't know whether or not he can trust Gatsby makes the story more interesting in mind. I feel like I have to keep reading to know whether I should trust Gatsby even though he is already my favorite character. To be honest, Nick's opinion of Gatsby doesn't affect how much I like him, its just something that I feel the need to find out.
Gatsby's house is associated with the color blue, mostly the garden. And blue is associated with sadness. I find this kind of ironic because there are such wild and crazy parties there that you would think that Gatsby would be associated with a more happy color. But now that I have read Chapter 4 I can see that the garden being associated with the color blue because he is sad. He purchased his house so that he could be near his lost love, Daisy, and he keeps hoping that he will see her and hopefully end up with her in the end.
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