But I didn’t call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone—he stretched out his arms toward the d
ark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness. Gatsby’s reaching from the darkness toward the light, creates
It creates <span>mystery and interest. In the excerpt, the narrator couldn't guess what Gatsby is actually thinking or what his intention is. This situation will create a sense of mystery and interest for the readers who will make the readers keep reading in order to know what's actually happening.</span>
Read the excerpt from Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
But I didn’t call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone—he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.
Gatsby’s reaching from the darkness toward the light, creates
