By repeating the amount of time she has spent away from home
Because they think she fell in love too fast
Answer:
It gives reasoning as to why people mourn for their loved ones, and why it isn't easy to move on. Pretty much convincing a person it's okay to be vulnerable when a loved one is lost.
Explanation:
trust.
Fitzgerald wants to portray and characterize the US society in the 30s. By making this question about race and their opinion about it, the author intends to characterize American society as competitive, a value that is repeated throughout the story. One of the main purpose of the novel, in fact, is to show how competitive, materialistic, and full of glamour the society is, especially the people who live in East Egg like Tom and Daisy.