“I’d been writing letters once a week and signing them: ‘Love Nick,’ and all I could think of was how, when that certain girl played tennis, a faint mustache of perspiration appeared on her upper lip. Nevertheless there was a vague understanding that had to be tactfully broken off before I was free. Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known” (Fitzgerald 59).
I'm trying to analyze this quote, but I can't get past the first sentence, which isn't even the meat of the paragraph. Can someone shed some light on what relevance, if any, does the sentence have with regards to the paragraph or the book as a whole? I know, kind of big question, and kind of tedious. Real insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I'm trying to analyze this quote, but I can't get past the first sentence, which isn't even the meat of the paragraph. Can someone shed some light on what relevance, if any, does the sentence have with regards to the paragraph or the book as a whole? I know, kind of big question, and kind of tedious. Real insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
