Both of these quotes are said by Gatsby - sort of. The
first one, Nick imagines Gatsby saying at his funeral. Nick has been going crazy trying
to "get people" to come to Gatsby's funeral. He calls up everyone he thinks should come,
and they all make excuses. So he is looking at Gatsby's dead body and imagining Gatsby
talking to him and saying, "Look here, old sport, you've got to get somebody for me.
You've got to try hard. I can't go through this alone" (meaning he cannot go through his
funeral alone).
The second quote is also said by Gatsby. He
is talking to Tom. He is trying to convince Tom that Daisy never loved him. Nick, Jordan
and Daisy are all there listening as Gatsby goes on a type of rant, telling Tom that
Daisy never loved him. He encourages Daisy to agree with him, to tell Tom the same
thing. At first Daisy does tell Tom she never loved him, but Tom presses her. He reminds
her of intimate times that they had at the beginning of their marriage, and finally
Daisy breaks down. She tells Gatsby, "I love you now, isn't that enough?" But it isn't
enough for Gatsby. He wants to know that she never loved Tom, but Daisy finally admits
that she can't say this -- she did love him once.
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