In this selection of Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald writes about Nick’s failed comprehension of the love that Gatsby and Daisy had; true love. Even after Gatsby's story about his relationship with Daisy, Nick finds it “appalling sentimentality” which can translate to dreadful feelings, which can lead us to think that Nick does not like romance or love. Nick continues with “...an elusive rhythm, a fragment of lost words, that I had heard somewhere a long time ago.” After reading this phrase, is not that Nick dislikes love, but has completely forgotten how to love. The line after goes into more depth on Nick’s attempt to understand love, by repeating the word my twice in this sentence and referring to himself to as a dumb man
