Nick Ain't Straight (The Great Gatsby)

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  @pagesandleaves · 5 years ago

  I hate that they’re like “no you can’t put the bedroom scene in , ruins the image” EVEN THOUGH FITZGERALD LITERALLY WROTE IT

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• RS

  @rsanders791 · 5 years ago

  You: Nick’s not straight<br>Me (an English major): You’re right tell me more

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• AL

  @allie6160 · 5 years ago

  Wait, so Fitzgerald basically said “yeah all men want to sleep with other guys, you’re just weak if you do it” and had to constantly remind his friends that he was “like, totally straight I swear”

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• VA

  @vampman87 · 5 years ago

  The way Nick described how muscular and manly his cousin&apos;s husband Tom was, as well as how handsome Gatsby was, vs describing Jordan, the woman he DATED through the book, really makes an argument that he preferred guys over girls.

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• SH

  @Shmarful · 4 years ago

  the scene where nick and jordan are in the car is all about them sharing how they’re both using each other to cover up their homosexuality

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• DE

  @decaf-but-tired6488 · 5 years ago

  My junior English class all collectively agreed that Nick wasn’t straight. Someone suggested it during a Socratic one time and our teacher tried to argue with us. We ignored her and kept listing text evidence for Nick bringing super into Gatsby. We put it in our essay analyses just to annoy her.

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• SH

  @shanryder · 5 years ago

  My English teacher straight up told the whole class that Nick was gay before we read the book. It didnt occur to me that most people read him as straight until I saw the 2013 film

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• TR

  @tropezando · 5 years ago

  Choose your fighter: <br><br>The Straight Gatsby vs. The Great Gaytsby vs. The Great Gatsbi

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• MI

  @michaelahovey7482 · 5 years ago

  I am much more comfortable with the idea of Nick being gay than him being infatuated with his cousin.

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• EM

  @emilyhartlett8914 · 5 years ago

  shoutout to that one fic on AO3 that is the entirety of The Great Gatsby uploaded in its exact form except for one paragraph where Nick kisses Gatsby

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• BE

  @beepbeep-2 · 5 years ago

  My high school class read the book the in 2012, the year before the recent movie. When we got to the Mckee bedroom scene, it was literally a record scratch in the room. The ENTIRE class understood and read the gayness, a group of at least 20 people. Now I grew up in a very conservative town, so it can&apos;t really be considered an &quot;undertone.&quot; When we questioned the scene, the teacher was like &quot;uhh, well, UHH, MAYBE&quot; and then it was kind of reinforced to just NOT TALK ABOUT ANYTHING REMOTELY GAY for the rest of the reading, especially when it came to Nick&apos;s developing obsession with Gatsby.. We still ended up being forced fed the &quot;established&quot; straight version of the book, while everyone in the class privately agreed that the narrative just made more sense if Nick was gay and in love with Gatsby.

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• NA

  @nancybeltran8601 · 5 years ago

  When we read this book in AP American Lit, our teacher found it RIDICULOUS that most of the class thought Nick was gay. When we pointed out Mr. McKee, he told us we were wrong and it was all just to highlight that McKee was showing off his resume and Nick was just there because he had to be. Like he ignored the fact McKee was naked and in bed and there&apos;s literally no reason for two men to be half naked in the bedroom together with the wife gone. In a book all about affairs. Ridiculous!

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