In The Great Gatsby and “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”, making someone wait is a significant factor in creating interest due to the cause of surprise, eagerness, and suspense. They both include main characters who create a suspenseful conclusion while forcing their audience to pause when there is a mysterious ending. These novels leave the reader interested in the wanting to read more.
The Great Gatsby is an American novel that has several shocking incidents that occur in relation to the two main protagonists, Daisy and Gatsby. This novel demonstrates a sense of wait by surprising the audience. For instance, it is announced that Daisy is the one behind the wheel during the hit and run, in the Valley of Ashes. F. Scott Fitzgerald …show more content…
In the book about Gatsby, eagerness is expressed by the chance of whether or not Daisy will go with Gatsby. The book will have you wait until the very end to find out if the two past lovers were meant to be. Unfortunately for Gatsby, Daisy chooses to fly when it comes to the fight or flight relationship. The situation is emphasizing eagerness “I called up Daisy half an hour after we found him, called her instinctively and without hesitation. But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them.” (Fitzgerald 9). A once innocent flower is now recognized to be a villain due to Daisy leaving Gatsby when he needed her the most. Even Though Gatsby’s last word was her name, he was then set free from her torment and pain of an endless loop of love. A similar situation occurs in the short story. Macomber at the beginning of his adventures is tested to bring back a fine lion. Whether or not he gets over his cowardly state, will determine if he is the one to let go. The pride of being the one to bring home the big prize symbolizes the greater feet of being seen as superior. According to Hemingway “It was now about three o’clock in the morning and Francis Macomber, who has been asleep a little while after he had stopped thinking about the lion, wakened and slept again, woke suddenly, frightened in a dream of the bloody-headed lion standing over him, and listening while his heart pounded, he realized that his wife was not