Examples Of Bewilderment In The Great Gatsby

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Jay Gatsby is a mysterious character and not many know his true story, so when the narrator Nick helps him reunite with the girl he once loved. He gets to see sides of Gatsby that many others do not, he saw Gatsby’s insecurity, embarrassment, and his bewilderment. The word bewilderment means the state of being confused or puzzled, although when Nick describes Gatsby using the word bewilderment he is not necessarily using the denotation but rather the connotation. As a person of secrets Gatsby does not become too personal with any of the people he meets yet he confided many events of his life in Nick. Now Nick has seen more than anyone and goes on to say “As I went over to say good-by I saw that the expression of bewilderment had come back into