While reading this, I felt as though Nick was disappointed. A story of true love seems like words so far fetched, something he had once heard but has easily forgotten. He tries to remember, but he finds it impossible. On the other hand, Gatsby, despite fighting in the war, has this huge misconception. He still believes in hope, and he speaks with appalling sentimentality. His true emotion when talking of Daisy demonstrates that he has not yet given up on love or the American Dream. Nick’s reaction towards Gatsby’s memory about Daisy exemplifies how Gatsby’s “creative temperament” and “romantic readiness” is essentially destroyed by a corrupt society. Nick describes Gatsby’s memory of kissing Daisy as “appalling sentimentality” not to suggest