What does Nick mean by I wanted no more riotous excursions?

Nick’s interactions with Tom, Jordan, Myrtle, Wolfsheim, and even Daisy, who fails him utterly in the end, are the “riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart” of which Nick wants no more. They are all miserable excuses for human beings, parasites infecting the American dream.

What is a riotous excursion?

Its opposite is “at ease”. So, to be “at a moral attention” means to display a heightened moral behaviour or alertness, I would say. “Riotous excursions” does not play on any idioms, by contrast. “Excursions”, here, are forays, or adventures, and “riotous” means wild and uncontrolled.

What does I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever mean?

Upon returning to the Midwest, Nick mentions his desire for the world to be “uniform” and moral—the opposite of life in the East and West Eggs. Essentially, Nick desires to escape the “foul dust” of the superficial East Coast culture and the corrupt, immoral people who contributed to Gatsby’s demise.

When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever meaning?

‘ When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.

What does Nick imply in this statement I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart?

At the risk of spoiling the plot, the narrator will describe wild parties with the very wealthy (riotous excursions) and being the confidant of people in emotional distress (privileged excursions into the human heart). He will end up disgusted by what he sees but unsure exactly how to assign moral blame.

What type of morals does Nick want the world to have?

In Nick’s recollection, he wanted the people in the world to be prease and more respectful and kind to each other no matter the moral. Why is Gatsby “exempt” from Nick’s reaction? because it is the first step in admitting his envy and jealousy over him. He represented everything he hated.

What does I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart mean?

Why did Gatsby turned out alright in the end?

What does Nick really like about Gatsby? Gatsby has a romantic hopefulness about him. Everything else about Gatsby is exactly what Nick despised in a person but he decides that Gatsby turned out alright in the end because he had true character. He sees what they did to Gatsby.

In what ways did Fitzgerald’s life reflect the events in the novel?

As a consequence his life is inextricably bound up in his works” (xviii). In The Great Gatsby, aspects of Fitzgerald’s life are reflected in the construction of the conflicted narrator, the depiction of the complex title character, and the lavish portrayal of upper-class life in 1920s America.

What is Nick’s purpose in The Great Gatsby?

The novel’s narrator, Nick is a young man from Minnesota who, after being educated at Yale and fighting in World War I, goes to New York City to learn the bond business. Honest, tolerant, and inclined to reserve judgment, Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troubling secrets.

What lesson does Nick learn in The Great Gatsby?

1. Optimism is a noble, if futile trait. Throughout the book, Gatsby is characterized as being authentically hopeful, in spite of the adversity that he faces, and the lies he consistently tells. In the end, Nick almost idolizes him in spite of his dubious morality.