If I Fall For You...

The Great Gatsby

By F. Scott Fitzgerald

chap V

The first part of this chapter didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.  Did Gatsby have a different birth name? Why did he change it? What was up with the reporter?  Also, I don't think Cody served a lot of purpose as a minor character save the fact that he might have contributed more mystery to Gatsby's past.  Because his past was obbvviously not confusing or mysterious enough. (*sarcasm*)

Because of this confusion, I chose to focus on the end of the chapter, which I found very relatable to music.  I was reminded of a song when I thought of Gatsby's already revealed emotions and romantic situation and also when I read this line from a flashback Gatsby had about Daisy: "He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God" (Fitzgerald, 110).  This line seems to relate perfectly to a line from a wonderful Maroon 5 song, Love Somebody.  The lyrics go like this: "But if I fall for you, I'll never recover/ If I fall for you, I'll never be the same."  The whole song seems to match almost exactly how I imagine Gatsby to be feeling, both in his flashback and in present time.

Another line that reminded me of a song was, "So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.  Thought the lyrics aren't exactly the same, I am reminded of a song by Gloriana called Kissed You Good Night. A verse goes, "Half scared to death, can't catch my breath, aren't these the moments we live for? And I kissed you, goodnight. And now that I've kissed you, its a good night, good night, baby goodnight."