I feel like Nick's detachment from the story is how he's sort of on the outside looking in at the things goin on in his surroundings. He has a lot of thoughts and opinions about things, but tends to keep all of that to himself. Another way that I think that Nick is detached from his surroundngs is because of the way he sort of carries himself and handles different situations. For example, when he was at Gatsby's party he wasn't really trying to mingle or socialize with anybody he was just being a loner, and resorted to the bar section as sort of a way to kind of "look cool" or blend in with the crowd. Then when he saw Mrs.Baker he greeted her very loudly as if he planned to see her there, knowing good and well that he was just trying to play the role like he actually knew somebody.
Gatsby's detachment from the story is how he's placed in the story in a kind of mysterious and interesting way. It's like he's a apart of the story, but at the same time ot apart of the story. To me it seems like Gatsby's hiding an important secret and is trying to cover it up by being kind and reserved. But i have a feeling that later on the truth is going to be revealed and it's going to put all the pieces of Gatsby's mysterious puzzle together.
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