Nick’s mood shifts from hopeful in the beginning of the day to stale by the end. As they enter the city, Nick describes seeing it as the “first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world” (68). He is optimistic about his outing with Gatsby, thinking “even Gatsby could happen, without any particular wonder” (69). To Nick, New York is a place full of endless and wondrous possibility, where even Gatsby can happen without it being out of the ordinary. But by the end of the day, Nick grows tired and stale. He realizes how different he is from the people of the city. Even his love for Jordan is different. Nick sees that he and Jordan are not like Tom and Myrtle or Gatsby and Daisy, saying “I had no girl whose disembodied face floated
