Analyze these three quotes from chapter 4 of The Great Gastby

. "So I thought you ought to know something about me. I didn't want you to think I was just some nobody. You see, I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the bad thing that happened to me.' pg 67


"She began to cry- she cried and cried. I rushed out and found her mother's maid, and we locked the door and got her in a cold bath.
She wouldn't let go of the letter. She took it into the tub with her and squeezed it into a wet ball" pg. 76


Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs, and so l drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms. Her wan, scornful mouth smiled, and so I drew her up again closer, this time to my face." pg 80