As Jordan challenges Nick's honesty I began to celebrate with her because I think she finally understood that Nick hadn't been honest with his feelings for Jordan. At times throughout the book he seemed like he was beginning to like Jordan and at others, it seemed as though he was just settling with what had been offered to him. I believe that anytime someone isn't completely open with their feelings that they are being dishonest. I don't know if I would defend the idea that he was necessarily being dishonest with her, but he has been mostly untrue to himself.
"Bad drivers" can be interpreted so many different ways. As I reflected back on their relationship development throughout the book and their personal realizations of the human character, I began to see "bad drivers" as a description for their behaviors in life. Neither of them seem to have a direction, dreams or goals that they are reaching for. Nick especially seems to follow the crowd, but holds himself above the crowd. He never seems to be sitting in the driver's seat.
When Nick decides to go back to the West my initial instinct was that he had made a mature decision and was going to not get caught up in the "worldly" things of life. But as I have continued to argue with myself I have made a final decision to believe that Nick is seeking for the past. Wishing he could have things the way they were.
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