“Newspapers- a suggestion that she had moved her ball from a bad lie in the semi- final round”
She is quite comfortable with lying and favors being a dominant figure in relationships.
Other than Jordan’s analysis , we are introduced to ( finally) Gatsby. We meet him in a drunken state, (seems all truths/ important key points of the story are often revealed in drunken situations). He shares a love for his collection of “real” books,  which reveals that he is probably ‘new money’ rich. This is inferred by the love for little details in his home, (usually would be overlooked by old money folks). 
It is stated that Gatsby chooses his words very carefully, leading us to believe that he is reserved/ hiding certain aspects of himself. 
A significant ending, is the car crash, the crying women, broken relationships. It all ends negatively, just like the last two chapters, all in drunken states.

As readers our first impression of him is definitely unexpected, considering the build up of suspense throughout the 3 chapters. Gatsby is genuinely piercing and authentic at first, upon meeting Nick. 

“ he smiled understandingly.. it was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life.” Pg. 52

Suddenly he is as intriguing as all the rumors made him up to be; so could they be true? 

In chapter 4 we get more glimpses into his character, where he’s “supposedly” from, (San Francisco/ but in the Midwest?), where he went to school(Oxford ), of his tragedy that led him to live alone(not yet revealed). It’s all so superficial. It no longer feels authentic as he tries so hard to come off as. The story continues in a restaurant-like setting where we are introduced to Mr. Wolfshiem, who is described as 

“A small flat- nosed Jew, with two fine growths of hair which luxuriated in either nostril” pg. 74

Meeting and interacting with this new character contradicts Gatsby’s “image”. 
“He’s the man who fixed the world’s series back in 1919”pg.78
Gatsby confirms that Wolfshiem is a criminal. 

(It is only important of the business Mr. Wolfshiem does, and why Gatsby participates/ associates himself with Mr. Wolfshiem) .
We also learn of Gatsby’s past with Daisy, and why he avoids Tom Buchanan.
“  she  was sitting in it with a lieutenant I had never seen before. They were so engrossed in each other that she didn’t even see me until I was five feet away ”
A recollection of the past, reveals vulnerability from Gatsby. Soft authenticity that washes away all the bad things we definitely know about Gatsby. In my opinion I think both subjects will somehow connect in a dangerous way.

In chapter 3, pg. 69 Gatsby claims that he was the son of wealthy people from the Midwest whom were all dead. Upon reading chapter 6 it is revealed that claim was simply not true. 

“His parents were unsuccessfull farm people, his imagination never really accept them as his parents at all.”pg.104

It is not hard to observe that Gatsby is repressing his past, in these days his upbringing would be seen as a success story. His ambitions to break the cycle of poverty in his youth is admirable. To adapt to his environment and become somebody completely different is hard to understand. It’s not really noticed by anyone but Nick. Little pieces of James shines through to him. I’m excited to learn more of him although he is quite deceiving, it’s got to be all for his reputation. Right?

Got so much to lose
Got so much to prove
God, don't let me lose my mind

Trouble on my left, trouble on my right
I've been facing trouble almost all my life
My sweet love, won't you pull me through?
Everywhere I look, I catch a glimpse of you
I said it was love and I did it for life”

Although such a short sentence it is so importantly pieced together and gets my point across.  He says silly sweet things that are definitely manipulative, to try and keep her. 

When it comes to Gatsby it gets a little harder to say that he loves her . Like Tom, it is evident (yet not super noticeable) that he too craves control over Daisy. My only real proof of this is how anxious he gets, how adamant he is on getting Daisy to admit that she never loved Tom. for example;

“Daisy that’s all over now, it doesn’t matter anymore. Just tell him the truth- that you never loved him- and it’s all wiped out forever”. Pg. 139

I don’t think that Fitzgerald intends to show his readers love in his writing, I think he wishes us to see the obsession, the lust. Everything but love. 

“Standing behind him Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg which had just emerged pale and enormous from the dissolving night.” Pg. 167, ch. 8

My connections may be way off but I find it to be quite similar as the cover art is just that. I think what Christian Kiticos in their article of the cover art is important to my next point. 

“Cugat subtly hides a pair of nudes in the gigantic eyes, perhaps reflecting Gatsby’s objectification of Daisy or her own awareness of Tom’s affair.”-American writers museum 

In chapter 8, after the first quote is stated about the eyes and the dissolving night, Wilson repeatedly states,

Which is what I believe the eyes represent, a creeping guilt of action

Fitzgerald also notes (in Nick’s perspective) that wealth does not change character, that in a way it enables their selfishness.

Till the very end I truly loved this book ^_^ Fitzgerald is definitely a poet and that made this novel all the more enjoyable. 

And I'm wasted
Don't leave, I just need a wake-up call
I'm facing the greatest
The greatest loss of them all
The culture is lit and I had a ball
I guess I'm signing off after all

I miss New York and I miss the music”